Areola
Word | AREOLA |
Character | 6 |
Hyphenation | a re o la |
Pronunciations | /əˈɹi.ə.lə/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Areola"
What do we mean by areola?
A small ring of color around a center portion, as about the nipple of the breast or the part of the iris surrounding the pupil of the eye. noun
A small space or interstice in a tissue or part, such as the area bounded by small veins in a leaf or the wing of an insect. noun
A tessellation in the thallus of some lichens. noun
In entomology, a small, generally angular, inclosed space on a surface, as the spaces between the veinlets in the wing of a dragon-fly, or pale spaces between dark lines which form a network. Also areolet. noun
In botany, a term sometimes used to designate the meshes of cellular tissue or little distinct angular spaces on a surface. noun
In anatomy: Any little cell, area, or space; especially, one of the small interstices in the meshes of areolar tissue and the like, or among minute interlacing vessels, as capillaries. The colored circle or halo about the nipple of the human mammary gland, pink in virgins, and brown of various shades in women who have borne children. The red ring of inflamed tissue surrounding a pustule. Hence, figuratively noun
An aureole. noun
In decorative art and manufacture, any plate, tile, or flat panel. noun
Also areole. noun
An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect's wing. noun
The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule. noun
The colored circle around a nipple, more exactly known as areola mammae. noun
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. noun
Small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite noun
Small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing noun
The colored circle around a nipple, more exactly known as areola mammae.
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.
Any of the small spaces throughout areolar connective tissue.
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