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areola /are·o·la/ (ah-re´o-lah) pl. are´olae   [L.]
1. any minute space or interstice in a tissue.
2. a circular area of different color surrounding a central point, as that surrounding the nipple of the breast.are´olar

a·re·o·la (-r-l)
n. pl. a·re·o·las or a·re·o·lae (-l)
1. A small area.
2. Any of numerous spaces or interstices in areolar tissue.
3. Areola mammae.
4. A pigmented, depigmented, or erythematous zone surrounding a papule, pustule, wheal, or cutaneous neoplasm.

a·reo·lar, a·reo·late (-lt) adj.

areola
pl. areolae, [erē′ōlə]
1 a small space or a cavity within a tissue.
2 a circular area of a different color surrounding a central feature, such as the discoloration about a pustule or vesicle.
3 the part of the iris around the pupil.

areola
pl. areolae [L.]
1. a narrow zone surrounding a central area, e.g. the darkened area surrounding the nipple of the human mammary gland.
2. any minute space or interstice in a tissue.

placental areola
in the epitheliochorial placenta of the sow areolae develop in the placentation zone. They are shallow cups in the chorion opposite the openings of the endometrial glands in the uterine wall.


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5,6) The surgeries that have resulted in the greatest retention of lactation capability are those in which the areolae and nipples are not completely severed, even if they are moved, (7) and the lower portion of the nipple-areolar complex remains intact.
 
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