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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

At the same time what is known as the areola forms around the pock, and constitutional symptoms show themselves.

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. exp. edge striate, squamulose, whitish, cuticle broken into greyish tawny areolae or scales; g. broad, whitish, brownish when bruised; s. yellowish-white, squamulose, ring thin, fugacious.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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

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

From North American Species of Cactus by John Merle Coulter

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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