n 1  :  the fact or state of being striated  2  :  a minute groove, scratch, or channel esp. when one of a parallel series  3  :  any of the alternate dark and light cross bands of a myofibril of striated muscle .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  sat·u·ra·tion 
 
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