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areola

[uh-ree-uh-luh] / əˈri ə lə /
NOUN
ring over head
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A Facebook spokesperson said the site allowed images of post-mastectomy areola tattoos on a page or profile but not within advertising.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2021

She numbs the area and applies the tattooed areola in one session.

From Washington Times Oct. 23, 2016

Receiving the areola tattoos after breast reconstruction surgery made Provenza feel complete again.

From Washington Times Oct. 23, 2016

If the nipple and areola have been removed, the woman can decide whether she wants to get a tattoo to mimic the look, or she may seek something artistic to create a new appearance.

From Washington Times Oct. 22, 2016

Branching vessels are seen in the livid areola of the ulcers.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

Few studies have been done on why the areolae, in particular, might be reactive to the cold.

From Slate Dec. 20, 2011

For example, turtles that retained the areola of the third central lamina, retained also the areolae of the fourth and fifth centrals; when only one central areola remained, it was the fifth.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.

The genus differs from Echinocactus in the suppression of the spine-bearing areolae, and the naked ovary.

From North American Species of Cactus by Coulter, John Merle

But these areolae may perhaps rather be considered as merely the points of production of the tubes.

From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Williams, Henry Smith

P. 6-12 cm. exp. depr. even, purple, dull red, etc., cracking into areolae from edge towards disc; g. adnexed, crowded; s. 6-8 cm. solid, white with tinge of purple; sp. 7-10. vesca, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

She said her mother going through a lumpectomy - the partial removal of a breast - because of cancer inspired her to “create areolas through tattooing and help women feel whole again.”

From Washington Times Feb. 29, 2016



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