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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

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

From Washington Times Oct. 23, 2016

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

From Washington Times Oct. 23, 2016

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

From Washington Times Feb. 29, 2016

The bites of insects have a yellowish central point with red areola.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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

From Slate Dec. 20, 2011

P. convex, white, reticulately sulcate then cracked into wart-like areolae, polygonal, apex truncate and fuscous; g. with decur. tooth; s. solid, equal, white with bay scales, ring apical subobsolete. luxurians, Fr.

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

Presence or absence of areolae on laminae of the shell indicated degree and sequence of wear.

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

Greenhow reports a case in which the mammae were absent, although there were depressed rudimentary nipples and areolae.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

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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