areola
Americannoun
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areolae,
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areolas
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a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
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a small interstice, as between the fibers of connective tissue.
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Origin of areola
1655–65; < Latin, equivalent to āre ( a ) area + -ola -ole 1 ( def. )
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A Facebook spokesperson said the site allowed images of post-mastectomy areola tattoos on a page or profile but not within advertising.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2021
She numbs the area and applies the tattooed areola in one session.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2016
Receiving the areola tattoos after breast reconstruction surgery made Provenza feel complete again.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2016
In most cases, surgeons remove the nipple and areola as a safeguard as well.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 29, 2016
The areola is a circumscribed redness of the skin, perfectly circular in form and of five or six times the diameter of the pock itself.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Few studies have been done on why the areolae, in particular, might be reactive to the cold.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2011
P. 6-12 cm. exp. depr. even, purple, dull red, etc., cracking into areolae from edge towards disc; g. adnexed, crowded; s. 6-8 cm. solid, white with tinge of purple; sp. 7-10. vesca, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
The genus differs from Echinocactus in the suppression of the spine-bearing areolae, and the naked ovary.
From North American Species of Cactus by John Merle Coulter
P. exp. edge striate, squamulose, whitish, cuticle broken into greyish tawny areolae or scales; g. broad, whitish, brownish when bruised; s. yellowish-white, squamulose, ring thin, fugacious.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. exp. obtuse, glabrous, tawny, cuticle cracked into areolae, hence the surface is crowded with minute dark wart-like papillae; g. adnate, broad, dark rust; s. filiform, almost naked, blackish.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
She said her mother going through a lumpectomy - the partial removal of a breast - because of cancer inspired her to “create areolas through tattooing and help women feel whole again.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 29, 2016
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