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stretchmark

stretchmark is the alternative spelling of stretch mark.

Meaning of stretch mark

Noun

stretch mark (plural stretch marks)

  1. Any of a series of red (or purple or faded), irregular stripes on the surface of the skin caused by rapid growth of the tissues lying just underneath. They may appear as a result of pregnancy, puberty, obesity, rapid muscle growth or family history.
    • Nobody in Cameron's family has stretch marks, and he thinks it's because their tissues grow slowly enough for the skin to catch up.
    Synonyms:
    stria, striae, striae atrophicae, striae distensae, striae gravidarum, vergetures

Forms of stretchmark

pluralstretchmarks

Questions about stretchmark

What is stretchmark the alternative spelling of?
Stretchmark is the alternative spelling of stretch mark.

Words near stretchmark in the dictionary

  1. stretching thin
  2. stretching-iron
  3. stretching-irons
  4. stretchings
  5. stretchless
  6. stretchmark
  7. stretchmarks
  8. stretchologist
  9. stretchologists
  10. stretchout
  11. stretchouts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stretchmark (page history and authors); stretch mark (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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