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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

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

In most cases, surgeons remove the nipple and areola as a safeguard as well.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 29, 2016

By the character of the lesions, their growth, their superficial nature, their course, the absence of an inflammatory base and areola, the thin, yellowish, wafer-like crusts, and usually a history of contagion.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon

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

From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2011

P. exp. obtuse, glabrous, tawny, cuticle cracked into areolae, hence the surface is crowded with minute dark wart-like papillae; g. adnate, broad, dark rust; s. filiform, almost naked, blackish.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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 Henry Smith Williams

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 John M. Legler

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 George Massee

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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