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Webster 1913 Edition

Areola

A-re′o-la

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Areolæ
.
[L.
areola
, dim. of
area
: cf. F.
aréole
. See
Area
.]
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.
[L.] The colored circle round the nipple or round a pustule.

Definition 2024

aréola

aréola

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Portuguese

Noun

aréola f (plural aréolas)

  1. (anatomy) areola (circle around the nipple)
  2. flowerbed (place where flowers are grown)
  3. (botany) areole (bump on a cactus out of which grow clusters of spines)

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