streak

(strek) [A.S. strica.} line, stria, or stripe, especially one which is more or le indistinct or evanescent, germ'inal s., the first trace of the blastoderm in the impregnated ovum, consisting of a longitudinal grouping of cells at one end of the germinal area, mening it'ic s., tacke c6r6brale, a line of redne following the drawing of the nail or a pencil-point acro the skin, marked especially in cases of meningitis and other acute affections of the nerve-centers, piim'itive s., germinal