Taber's Medical Dictionary
areola
(ă-rē′ŏ-lă )
(ă-rē′ŏ-lē″)
pl. areolae [L. areola, a small space]
1. A small space or cavity in a tissue.
2. A circular area of different pigmentation, as around a wheal, around the nipple of the breast, or the part of the iris around the pupil.
areolar (ă-rē′ŏ-lăr ), adj.
Chaussier areola
SEE: Chaussier areola
areola mammae
The pigmented area surrounding the nipple, onto which multiple sebaceous glands (areolar glands) open.
SYN: SEE: areola papillaris
SEE: areolar gland
areola papillaris
SEE: Areola mammae.
second areola
A pigmented area surrounding the areola mammae during pregnancy.
areola umbilicalis
A pigmented area surrounding the umbilicus.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Areola." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731895/all/areola.
Areola. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731895/all/areola. Accessed April 14, 2025.
Areola. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731895/all/areola
Areola [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 14]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731895/all/areola.
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