AREOLA

Areola

In anatomy, an areola is any small circular area on the body coloured differently from the surrounding tissue. The term is most commonly used to describe the pigmented area on the human breast around the nipple but it can also be used to describe other small circular areas such as the inflamed region surrounding a pimple.

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areola

Noun

  1. The colored circle around a nipple, more exactly known as 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.


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