Areole vs. Areola

Areolenoun

(botany) The smallest enclosures created by the veins of a leaf.

Areolenoun

(botany) Bump on a cactus out of which grow clusters of spines.

Areolenoun

(mycology) A tessellation in the thallus of certain lichens.

Areolenoun

(anatomy) An areola.

Areolenoun

Same as Areola.

Areole

In botany, areoles are small light- to dark-colored bumps on cacti out of which grow clusters of spines. Areoles are important diagnostic features of cacti, and identify them as a family distinct from other succulent plants.

Areolanoun

(anatomy) The colored circle around a nipple, more exactly known as areola mammae.

Areolanoun

(anatomy) 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.

Areolanoun

(anatomy) Any of the small spaces throughout areolar connective tissue.

Areolanoun

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.

Areolanoun

The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule.

Areolanoun

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

Areolanoun

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

Areolanoun

a small circular area, in particular the ring of pigmented skin surrounding a nipple.

Areolanoun

any of the small spaces between lines or cracks on a leaf or an insect's wing.

Areolanoun

a reddened patch around a spot or papule.

Areola

The human areola (areola mammae, or ) is the pigmented area on the breast around the nipple. Areola, more generally, is a small circular area on the body with a different histology from the surrounding tissue, or other small circular areas such as an inflamed region of skin.