AREOLA

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

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


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