areola
/əˈɹi.ə.lə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.35 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
Any of the small spaces throughout areolar connective tissue.
Example Sentences
- "Working with the Personal Genome Project, she has collected measurements and images of the areolas of 150 people so far. One initial finding is that the diameter of the areola seems unrelated to the number of areola glands — the small bumps in the skin surrounding the nipple."
- "The tubes or elongated spaces of which we have spoken, are not distended with any fluid, but are merely moistened in the same way as the areolas of ordinary areolar tissue."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: āreola
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈɹi.ə.lə/
- British English: /əˈɹi.ə.lə/
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
areola mammae