tiger stripe
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A stretch mark.
noun
A striated pattern on a sensor image that indicates movement or variation in scanned tissue or objects.
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tiger, stripe.
Example Sentences
- "For quotations using this term, see Citations:tiger stripe."
- "Echocardiography revealed severe eccentric mitral regurgitation with multiple high-intensity signals (tiger stripes) on continuous wave (CW) Doppler. The patient was managed as rheumatic carditis with steroids. Repeat echocardiography after 1 month showed the resolution of tiger stripes."
- "Striated pattern of internal enhancement (tiger stripe sign) relatively specific for nonsuppurative tonsillitis"