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Areola

Definition: Areola

Areola

Noun

1. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.

2. Small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Areola

DomainDefinitions

Health

The area of dark-colored skin on the breast that surrounds the nipple. (references)

Science

A small area, rounded, more or less polygonal or angular, delimited by cracks or chinks in thallus surface. pl. areolae. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Areola

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In anatomy, the term areola is used to describe any small cicular area such as the dark skin surrounding the nipple. While it is most commonly used to describe the pigmented ring around the human nipple, it can also be used to describe other small circular areas such as the inflamed area surrounding a pimple.

See also: breast.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Areola."

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Synonym: Areola

Synonym: ring of color (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Areola

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Circularity

Circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet; ringlet; eye, loop, wheel; cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band; contrate wheel, crown wheel; hub; nave; sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland; crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar; noose, lasso, lassoo.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Areola

English words defined with "areola": Areolae, Areolation, Areole. (references)
Specialty definitions using "areola": Mastectomy, Subcutaneous. (references)
Etymologies containing "areola": Areolet. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Areola" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (garden plot, open courtyard, seed bed), Serbo-Croatian (areola), Spanish (areola, areole).

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Photo Album: Areola

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Shows illustration of breast structure: rib, muscle, lobes, ducts, nipple, areola, fat. (8x10 negative). Credit: Susan Spangler (artist).

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Areola

The following table summarizes the usage of "areola" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
AreolaLast name13058,731
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Areola

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

areola

420

areola itchy

4

large areola

124

areola breast nipple tanner

4

areola big

64

areola brown

4

areola huge

49

areola tattoo

4

areola puffy

48

areola big tit

3

areola photo

22

areola giant

3

areola reduction

21

areola esthers

3

areola picture

15

areola large picture

3

areola dark

13

areola big larger

3

areola nipple

9

areola enlargement

3

areola pic

8

areola photo reduction

3

areola size

8

areola pigmentation

3

areola swollen

7

areola wide

3

areola big dark

7

areola small

3

areola breast

6

areola music

2

areola bump

6

areola augmentation reduction

2

areola nipples

6

areola breast nipples

2

areola darkening

5

areola largest

2

areola breast breast nipple nipples tit tit

4

areola repair

2

areola large pic

4

areola big natural

2

abnormal areola

4

areola reconstruction

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Areola

Language Translations for "areola"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏حلقة ملونة. (various references)

   

Danish

  

skælkrave omkring indskudsåbning (fire halo, gunshot areola), inhibitionszonetest (inhibiting areola test), inhibitionszone (inhibiting areola), Chaussier's areola (Chaussier areola). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

areola van Chaussier (Chaussier areola), kogelwondrand (fire halo, gunshot areola). (various references)

   

French

  

aréole. (various references)

   

German

  

Areola mammae (areola mammae), Warzenhof (areola mammae), Vertrocknungssaum (fire halo, gunshot areola), Schuerfsaum (fire halo, gunshot areola), Kontusionssaum (fire halo, gunshot areola), Hemmhoftest (inhibiting areola test), Hemmhof (inhibiting areola), Chaussier Areola (Chaussier areola), Brustwarzenhof (areola mammae), Brandsaum (fire halo, gunshot areola), Brandhof (fire halo, gunshot areola). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χείλος πληγής από σφαίρα (fire halo, gunshot areola), άλως του Chaussier (Chaussier areola). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

שטחון. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kis felület. (various references)

   

Italian

  

areola di Chaussier (Chaussier areola), alone di inibizione (inhibiting areola), prova dell'alone d'inibizione (inhibiting areola test), orletto di detersione di ferita d'arma da fuoco (fire halo, gunshot areola). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

areolaay

   

Portuguese

  

aréola da mama, aréola. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

кружочек, венчик (aureola, aureole, corolla, corona, coronet, egg whisk, halo). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

areola. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

areola (areole). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

кружок навколо бородавки (areole), навколососковий кружок (areole). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Areola

Derivations

Words beginning with "areola": areolae, areolar, areolas, areolate. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Areola" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aeol, aereola, Aerol, aerola, aerole, Aracoeli, Arbella, arcelona, ardeola, areel, areil, Areilza, arele, arelos, areol, areoli, areolia, arepole, ariola, ariole, arioli, Aroeira, arole, arreola, arseflap, Arseole, Aureola, aurola, Bareala, Ertola, irela, Masemola, Rheola, Sarehole, Urola, variola. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Areola"

Words rhyming with "areola" (pronounced 'A*re"o*la'): Acanthocephala, Acicula, Actinula, Ala, Algarovilla, Alula, Ametabola, Ampulla, Amygdala, Angola, Anopla, Aquila, Archencephala, Archiblastula, Armilla, Arolla, Artiodactyla, Auricula, Axilla, Baggala, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Blastula, Bulla, Cabala, Cabrilla, Caffila, Calcavella, Calendula, Calla, Camarilla, Campanula, Canella, Cannicula, Cannula, Capella, Capitula, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Chrysocolla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella, Codilla. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Areola

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-l-o-r"

-1 letter: areal.

-2 letters: aero, alae, alar, aloe, area, earl, lear, lore, olea, oral, orle, rale, real, role.

-3 letters: aal, ala, ale, are, ear, era, lar, lea, oar, ole, ora, ore, roe.

-4 letters: aa, ae, al, ar, el, er, la, lo, oe, or, re.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-l-o-r"
 

+1 letter: acerola, areolae, areolar, areolas, aureola.

 

+2 letters: acerolas, adorable, albacore, aleatory, alveolar, arboreal, areolate, aureolae, aureolas, caracole, cavalero, psoralea.

 

+3 letters: acropetal, aeroplane, albacores, aleatoric, alienator, alveolars, astrolabe, atemporal, barcarole, broadleaf, caballero, caracoled, caracoles, carbazole, cataloger, cavaleros, ealdorman, elaborate, escalator, evaluator, farandole, favorable, lazaretto, marmoreal, melodrama, nonarable, pastorale, phalarope, propylaea, psoraleas, rationale, rearousal, rotatable.

 

+4 letters: aardwolves, absorbable, acromegaly, adenoviral, adsorbable, aeroplanes, affordable, alderwoman, alienators, alleviator, alteration, alternator, alveolarly, ameliorate, approvable, arboreally, arteriolar, asteroidal, astrolabes, barcaroles, barcarolle, bardolater, behavioral, broadscale, caballeros, calcareous, camelopard, caracolled, carbazoles, carmagnole, catalogers, cataloguer, charcoaled, cladoceran, collateral, comparable, defalcator, dermatomal, ejaculator, elaborated, elaborates, equatorial, escalators, escalatory, evaluators, factorable, farandoles, formalwear, labiovelar, laceration, laureation, lavatories, lazarettos, leprosaria, loadmaster, macroscale, malefactor, meadowlark, melodramas, mortadella, mozzarella, octahedral, ornamental, pardonable, pastorales, phalaropes, portabella, praetorial, propagable, radiolabel, railroaded, railroader, rationales, reallocate, rearousals, reasonable, reasonably, relational, relaxation, rigamarole, sacerdotal, sailboater, saltarello, sarcolemma, scleromata, senatorial, tetragonal, tracheolar.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Areola


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 72 65 6F 6C 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    .-.    .    ---    .-..    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110010 01100101 01101111 01101100 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#114 &#101 &#111 &#108 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0072 0065 006F 006C 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

358471817867

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Areola"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتان‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, арабский, arapski, árabe, арабська мова, арабський

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danese, dinamarquês, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, датський, датська мова

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatie‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, olandese, holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, голландська мова, голландський

French

dictionnaire, définition, traduction‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, французька мова, французький

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, tysker, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, німкеня, німецький, німець

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова

Hebrew

אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק‏اليهودية, ‏اللغة العبرية, ‏يهودي, ‏عبري, ‏العبرية, joods, Hebreeuws, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, hebreu, hebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, tradução‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, португальський, португальська мова, португалець

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, russer, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducción‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, іспанський, іспанська мова

Ukrainian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення‏أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, ‏الأوكراني, Oekraïens, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, український, українець

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Names: Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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