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Areola

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Noun

1. areola

small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing

2. areola, ring of color

small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Areola

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noun plural -lae (-ˌliː) or -las
anatomy
any small circular area, such as the pigmented ring around the human nipple or the inflamed area surrounding a pimple

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Areola

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nounWord forms: plural aˈreoˌlae (əˈriəˌli ; ərēˈəlēˌ) or aˈreolas
1. 
a small space, as between the veins of a leaf or the ribs of an insect's wing
2.  Anatomy
a small area around something, as the dark ring around a nipple
3.  Biology
a small hollow in a surface

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Areola

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n. pl. a·re·o·lae (-lē′) or a·re·o·las
1. 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.
2. 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. In both senses also called areole.

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