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Areola

Areola \A*re"o*la\, n.; pl. Areol[ae]. [L. areola, dim. of area: cf. F. ar['e]ole. See Area.]

  1. An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect's wing.

  2. (Anat. & Med.) The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
areola

"colored circle around a nipple," 1706, from Latin areola, literally "small area," diminutive of area (see area). Introduced in this sense 1605 by Swiss anatomist and botanist Caspar Bauhin (1560-1624).

Wiktionary
areola

n. 1 (context anatomy English) The colored circle around a nipple, more exactly known as areola mammae. 2 (context anatomy English) 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.

WordNet
areola
  1. n. 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 [syn: ring of color]

  3. [also: areolae (pl)]

Wikipedia
Areola

In anatomy, the areola ( or ) is a small circular area on the body with a different histology from the surrounding tissue. The term is most commonly used to denote the pigmented area on the human breast around the nipple (areola mammae) but it can also describe other small circular areas such as an inflamed region of skin.

The plural of areola is areolas or areolae, which is pronounced or . "Areola" is the diminutive of Latin area, "open place".

Areola (disambiguation)

An areola is a small colored area of skin, usually around the nipple

Areola or areole (Latin for "small space") may also refer to:

  • The open spaces of areolar connective tissue, a type of loose connective tissue
  • Areole, a raised structure bearing spines on cacti
  • Areola (lichen), a round to polygonal part of a surface of a crustose lichen
  • Areola (entomology), a small ring of color or gap in wing margin of insects- see the Glossary of entomology terms.

Personalities :

  • Alphonse Aréola, French football player which plays as a goalkeeper for French side SC Bastia.

Usage examples of "areola".

There was so much of her, such incredibly long legs, such an extreme flow of line and volume, Beheim became entranced by the exaggerated perspectives available, gazing up at the equatorial swell of her belly toward the flattened mounds of her breasts with their dark oases of areola and turreted nipples, or down from her breasts toward the unruly pubic tuft between her thighs, in all reminding him by its smoothness of the sand sculpture of a sleeping giantess he had seen years before on a beach in Spain.

Drawing the entire nipple into its mouth, the man-beast sucked hard, hickey-kissing her areola while suckling her stiff nipple.

This time he watched with intense fascination as the areola on each breast darkened and her nipples peaked.

Each scrape of his tongue across the sensitive areola and nub sent heated shockwaves straight to her pussy, drenching his cock with more of her cream.

When Robert began tracing the outside of the areola delicately with the tip of his tongue, she shivered uncontrollably.

He pulled the fabric lower, revealing the edges of her areolae, brushing his tongue across them.

They had small areolae, of a bewitching dark coral which seemed most intense, and set in the centers of those sweetly angelic haloes appeared two dainty little pink buds, crinkly and twitching with every breath, sweet tidbits, morsels of delight for the lips and the tongue of an appreciative connoisseur such as I prided myself on being.

Seeing her full breasts with their dark puckered nipples topping rosy areolas made his mouth water.

When both clamps rested flush against her rosy areolas, he tripped the tiny switches that caused the teeth to close, then bathed each jutting nub with his tongue.

He rid her of her suit jacket and skirt, then bent and tongued the nipples and areolas left bare by the cutouts of her bra.

Through lowered lashes she could see her flushed breasts rise and fall with every deep breath, the pink nipples standing erect, the areolas puckered and tight.

The areolas pebbled roughly, contrasting with the delicate smoothness of the skin surrounding it.

Her nipples had a lovely pouty shape, their areolas swollen though not erect.

A lacy bra hugged her taut breasts and glowed a brilliant white against her tawny skin, outlining dark brown nipples and areolas beneath the flimsy material.

Cutouts left the hard, reddened nubs of her nipples and soft rosy areolas exposed.