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ALL meanings of areola

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  • noun areola any small circular area, such as the pigmented ring around the human nipple or the inflamed area surrounding a pimple 3
  • noun areola a small space, as between the veins of a leaf or the ribs of an insect's wing 3
  • noun areola a small area around something, as the dark ring around a nipple 3
  • noun areola a small hollow in a surface 3
  • noun plural areola a ring of color, as around the human nipple. 1
  • noun plural areola a small interstice, as between the fibers of connective tissue. 1
  • noun areola A small circular area, in particular the ring of pigmented skin surrounding a nipple. 1
  • noun areola (anatomy) The colored circle around a nipple, more exactly known as areola mammae. 0
  • noun areola (anatomy) Any small circular area that is different from its immediate environment such as the colored ring around the pupil of the eye (iris) or an inflamed region surrounding a pimple. 0
  • noun areola (anatomy) The small spaces throughout areolar connective tissue. 0
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