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Of a ring-shaped part of the iris
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areolar
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Word definitions for areolar in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relating to or like or divided into areolae; "areolar tissue" [syn: areolate ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of or relating to an areola or areole.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Areolar \A*re"o*lar\, a. Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areol[ae]. reolar tissue (Anat.), a form of fibrous connective tissue in which the fibers are loosely arranged with numerous spaces, or areol[ae], between them.
Usage examples of areolar.
Some areolar tissue free from elastic tissue was next procured from the visceral cavity of a toad, and moderately sized, as well as very small, bits were placed on five leaves.
During a more favourable season, moderately sized bits of the skinned ear of a cat, which includes cartilage, areolar and elastic tissue, were placed on three leaves.
The secretion, as we have seen, completely dissolves albumen, muscle, fibrin, areolar tissue, cartilage, the fibrous basis of bone, gelatine, chondrin, casein in the state in which it exists in milk, and gluten which has been subjected to weak hydrochloric acid.
We see the influence of the nature of different substances in bits of meat, albumen, and fresh gluten acting very differently from equalsized bits of gelatine, areolar tissue, and the fibrous basis of bone.
How could such an attempt succeed, Henle well asks, at a time when the most extensively diffused of all the tissues, the areolar, was not at all understood?
It pervades the whole animal fabric as areolar tissue, which is the universal packing and wrapping material.
Despite the circumstances, Erik found himself staring at the almond-skin color of the broad areolar rings around her nipples, like a snake-hypnotized rabbit.
Of course, she succeeded in squeezing out only the thin, pale areolar lymph that almost any corpulent woman or even a fat eunuch can express from her or his breast.
A slight young woman, Mary developed strong muscles in the forearms as she grasped the areolar tissue, sometimes making Daisy squeal, rolled the large muscles of the calf and thigh firmly both ways and kneaded the belly with the heel of her hand.
The band itself was chiefly a coalescence of the xyphoid cartilages, surrounded by areolar tissue and skin.
The constricting band was formed by a coalition of the xiphoid cartilages and the umbilical vessels, surrounded by areolar tissue and covered with skin.
How could such an attempt succeed, Henle well asks, at a time when the most extensively diffused of all the tissues, the areolar, was not at all understood?
The secretion, as we have seen, completely dissolves albumen, muscle, fibrin, areolar tissue, cartilage, the fibrous basis of bone, gelatine, chondrin, casein in the state in which it exists in milk, and gluten which has been subjected to weak hydrochloric acid.
Ammonia, salts of, their action affected by previous immersion in water and various solutions, 213 , , induce aggregation in Drosera, 43 , various salts of, causing inflection in Drosera, 166 Antimony, tartrate, action on Drosera, 185 Areolar tissue, its digestion by Drosera, 102 Arsenious acid, action on Drosera, 185 Atropine, action on Drosera, 204 B.
From these facts it is clear that areolar tissue is easily and quickly digested by the secretion.