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Definition of areola noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

areola

noun
 
/əˈriːələ/
 
/əˈriːələ/
(plural areolae
 
/əˈriːəliː/
 
/əˈriːəliː/
)
(anatomy)
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  1. the round area of skin around the nipple
    Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘small space or crack’): from Latin, literally ‘small open space’, diminutive of area, literally ‘vacant piece of level ground’.
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