areola

Etymology
Borrowed from, diminutive of. .

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.
 * 6) * 1876 Richard E. Kunzé Cereus bonplandii (Parmet). Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York p.129
 * Every pulvillus or areola is studded with from six to eight spines... From these pulvilli, also called spiniferous areola, or very close to it, burst the young bud or flower. If the latter, it is then called the floriferous areola, and the point where the epidermis bursts is of a deep pink tinge.
 * 1) * 1876 Richard E. Kunzé Cereus bonplandii (Parmet). Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York p.129
 * Every pulvillus or areola is studded with from six to eight spines... From these pulvilli, also called spiniferous areola, or very close to it, burst the young bud or flower. If the latter, it is then called the floriferous areola, and the point where the epidermis bursts is of a deep pink tinge.

Usage notes

 * Not to be confused with.

Translations

 * Arabic: هَالَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: هالة
 * Bengali: অ্যারিওলা
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: prsní dvorec,, areola
 * Dutch:, areola
 * Estonian: nännipiha
 * Finnish: nänninpiha
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: Warzenhof
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole: areol
 * Hungarian: kis felület
 * Icelandic: vörtubaugur
 * Ido:
 * Ilocano: binaklay
 * Japanese: 乳輪
 * Korean: 유륜(乳輪), 그물코 틈
 * Lithuanian: areolė
 * Maori: wāhi pūpango
 * Persian:
 * Polish: otoczka
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ареола
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: prsný dvorec, dvorec
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: சிற்றிடம்
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:, meme aylası,
 * Vietnamese: quầng đỏ


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:


 * Marathi:

Etymology
Borrowed from, diminutive of.

Noun

 * 1)   circle around a nipple

Etymology
(see 🇨🇬), ultimately from.

Etymology
. Compare the inherited doublet.

Etymology
Diminutive form of.

Noun

 * 1) a small open place; courtyard
 * 2) a small garden bed or cultivated place

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)   the coloured circle around a nipple