tiger stripe

Noun

tiger stripe (plural tiger stripes)

1. A stretch mark.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:tiger stripe.
2. A striated pattern on a sensor image that indicates movement or variation in scanned tissue or objects.
   • 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.2022, Najeeb Ullah Sofi, Santosh Kumar Sinha, Mohit Sachan, Ramesh Thakur, “Tiger stripes in carditis of rheumatic origin”, in Heart Views, volume 23, number 4, page 230
   • Striated pattern of internal enhancement (tiger stripe sign) relatively specific for nonsuppurative tonsillitis2023, Dania Tamimi, Specialty Imaging: Temporomandibular Joint and Sleep-Disordered Breathing, page 5569
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tiger, stripe.