1. [NA]. Any circumscribed surface or space.
2. All of the part supplied by a given artery or nerve.
3. A part of an organ having a special function, as the motor area of the brain. See Also: regio, region, space, spatium, zone.
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acoustic area
area acustica
anterior intercondylar area of tibia
aortic area
apical area
association areas
auditory area
bare area of liver
bare area of stomach
basal seat area
Broca’s area
Broca’s parolfactory area
Brodmann’s areas
area of cardiac dullness
catchment area
Celsus‘ area
area centralis
area cochleae
cochlear area
Cohnheim’s area
contact area
cribriform area of the renal papilla
area cribrosa papillae renalis
denture-bearing area
denture foundation area
denture-supporting area
dermatomic area
embryonal area
entorhinal area
excitable area
area of facial nerve
Flechsig’s areas
frontal area
fronto-orbital area
fusion area
gastric area
area gastrica
germinal area
Head’s areas
impression area
inferior vestibular area
insular area
area intercondylaris anterior tibiae
area intercondylaris posterior tibiae
Jonston’s area
Kiesselbach’s area
lateral hypothalamic area
Little’s area
macular area
Martegiani’s area
mitral area
motor area
area nervi facialis
area nuda hepatis
olfactory area
area opaca
oval area of Flechsig
Panum’s area
parastriate area
area parolfactoria
parolfactory area
pear-shaped area
area pellucida
peristriate area
piriform area
Pitres‘ area
postcentral area
post dam area
posterior hypothalamic area
posterior intercondylar area of tibia
posterior palatal seal area
postpalatal seal area
area postrema
precentral area
precommissural septal area
prefrontal area
premotor area
preoptic area
prestriate area
pretectal area
primary visual area
pulmonary area
relief area
rest area
retention area
Rolando’s area
secondary aortic area
secondary visual area
sensorial areas
sensorimotor area
septal area
silent area
skip areas
somesthetic area
stress-bearing area
striate area
Stroud’s pectinated area
area subcallosa
subcallosal area
superior vestibular area
supporting area
tissue-bearing area
tricuspid area
trigger area
vagus area
area vasculosa
vestibular area
area vestibularis inferior
area vestibularis superior
visual area
Wernicke’s area