1. The small darkened area around the nipple of the breast. 2. The colored part of the iris around the pupil of the eye. 3. Any small space in a tissue.

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

"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 Casp [..]

The darkly shaded circle of skin surrounding the nipple.

The dark area surrounding the nipples of women and men.

the dark-colored skin on the breast that surrounds the nipple.

(n) small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing(n) small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimp [..]

The dark area of the breast surrounding the nipple.

The dark pigmented area that encircles the nipple.

The areola is the pigmented region surrounding the nipple of the breast. Within the areola, there are sebaceous glands, sweat glands and modified mammary glands (glands of Montgomery). These glands pr [..]

Coloured area of skin around the nipple.

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

(pl., areolae

small subdivision at the base of the wing cell or a small ‘window’ on the upper side of a wing scale. Plural areolae

The brownish or pink rim of tissue around the nipple of the breast.

The pigmented area of skin on the breasts which surrounds the nipple.

  A circular area of different pigmentation around the nipple of the breast.

Pigmented skin surrounding the nipple.

<anatomy> The circular field of dark coloured skin surrounding the nipple. (14 May 1997)

The pigmented area surrounding the nipple. A very common area for hair growth.

The pigmented area surrounding the nipple. A very common area for hair growth.

The brownish or pink rim of tissue around the nipple of the breast.

The pigmented ring of skin surrounding the nipple’s raised center.