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Webster 1913 Edition
Areola
1.
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.
2.
(Anat. & Med.)
The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule.
Webster 1828 Edition
Areola
AREO'LA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
areola
areola
See also: aréola
English
Noun
areola (plural areolas or areolae or areolæ)
- (anatomy) The colored circle around a nipple, more exactly known as areola mammae.
- (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.
- (anatomy) The small spaces throughout areolar connective tissue.
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with aureola.
Translations
circle around the nipple
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Derived terms
- areola mammae
- areolar
See also
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive form of ārea.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aːˈre.o.la/, [aːˈre.ɔ.ɫa]
Noun
āreola f (genitive āreolae); first declension
- a small open place; courtyard
- a small garden bed or cultivated place
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | āreola | āreolae |
| genitive | āreolae | āreolārum |
| dative | āreolae | āreolīs |
| accusative | āreolam | āreolās |
| ablative | āreolā | āreolīs |
| vocative | āreola | āreolae |
Descendants
- Italian: aiuola
References
- areola in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- AREOLA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “areola”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
