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What is the noun for areoles?

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areola
  1. (anatomy) The colored circle around a nipple, more exactly known as areola mammae.
  2. (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.
  3. (anatomy) The small spaces throughout areolar connective tissue.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Most of the breast tissue in a man is concentrated in the area immediately behind the nipple and areola.”
      “Microscopically, variably sized cystic spaces were observed near the nipple, just adjacent to the mammary duct expanding beneath the areola.”
      “They are encircled by a pigmented ring called the areola, and surrounded by nerve endings and blood vessels.”
areole
  1. (botany) The smallest enclosures created by the veins of a leaf.
  2. (botany) Bump on a cactus out of which grow clusters of spines.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The spines grow from an areole covered with glochids, which are tiny, barbed spines characteristic of all Opuntia.”
      “The surface of the cell is coarsely areolate, with a pore in each areole.”
      “The flowers: usually opening during the day and born from a flowering areole set in the axils of the tubercules.”
areolation
  1. An areola, or a similar form of a space surrounded by something of a different colour.
areolations
  1. plural of areolation
areolae
  1. plural of areola
  2. Examples:
    1. “On the valve surface the areolae are grouped together in fascicles bordered by distinct radial lines.”
      “The areolae on the valve are usually too small to be distinguishable with the light microscope.”
      “The apocrine sweat glands are confined to the axillae, areolae of the nipples, the anogenital area, and the external auditory meatus.”
areolas
  1. plural of areola
  2. Examples:
    1. “When the edges of the areolas lift up from the substrate, it is called squamulose.”
      “In crustose areolate lichens, the edges of the areolas peel up from the substrate and appear leafy.”
areoles
  1. plural of areola
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