English Explanatory Dictionary

areola

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The circular, darkly pigmented area surrounding a nipple; the areola mammae.
  2. 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.
  3. Any of the small spaces throughout areolar connective tissue.
  4. Any of the small spaces between fibres of the tissues of certain lichens.
  5. Small patches, bearing the spines and glochids characteristic of the stems of cacti.

Pronunciation

/əˈɹi.ə.lə/ /ˌæ.ɹiˈəʊ.lə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-areola.wav /ˌɛɹ.iˈoʊ.lə/ /ˌæɹ.iˈoʊ.lə/

Word forms

areola areolas areolae areolæ

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āreola (“small vacant space, garden”), diminutive of ārea. Doublet of areole.

Related words

areole area

Derived words

areola mammae areolar

Translations

Arabic: هَالَة Arabic: هالة Bengali: অ্যারিওলা Catalan: arèola Chinese Mandarin: 乳暈 /乳晕 Czech: prsní dvorec Czech: dvorec Czech: areola Dutch: tepelhof Dutch: areola Estonian: nännipiha Finnish: nänninpiha French: aréole Galician: aréola German: Warzenhof Greek: άλως Haitian Creole: areol Hungarian: kis felület Icelandic: vörtubaugur Ido: areolo Ilocano: binaklay Indonesian: areola Japanese: 乳輪 Korean: 유륜 Korean: 그물코 틈 Lithuanian: areolė Māori: wāhi pūpango Persian: هاله Polish: otoczka Portuguese: aréola Russian: арео́ла Serbo-Croatian: ареола Serbo-Croatian: areola Slovak: prsný dvorec Slovak: dvorec Spanish: areola Swedish: vårtgård Tamil: சிற்றிடம் Telugu: చూచుకము Thai: ปานนม Turkish: areola Turkish: meme aylası Turkish: ağırşak Vietnamese: quầng đỏ
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