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areola
| areolar
| areolar tissue
| areolate
| areolated
| areolation
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun areola has 2 senses
- areola(n = noun.body) Array - small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing; Array is a kind of interstice
- areola(n = noun.body) ring of color - small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite; Array is a kind of area, region
is a part of boob, bosom, breast, knocker, tit, titty
Derived form adjective areolar1
CIDE DICTIONARY
areola, n. [L. areola, dim. of area: cf. F. aréole. See Area.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
areola, n. (pl. areolae)
1 Anat. a circular pigmented area, esp. that surrounding a nipple.
2 any of the spaces between lines on a surface, e.g. of a leaf or an insect's wing.
1 Anat. a circular pigmented area, esp. that surrounding a nipple.
2 any of the spaces between lines on a surface, e.g. of a leaf or an insect's wing.
Derivative
areolar adj.
Etymology
L, dimin. of area AREA
THESAURUS
areola
O, annular muscle, annulus, aureole, chaplet, circle, circuit, circumference, circus, closed circle, corona, coronet, crown, cycle, diadem, discus, disk, eternal return, fairy ring, garland, glory, halo, lasso, logical circle, loop, looplet, magic circle, noose, orbit, radius, ring, rondelle, round, roundel, saucer, sphincter, vicious circle, wheel, wreathROGET THESAURUS
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Circularity
N circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere, round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical, I watched the little circles die.
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