1. [NA]. Any small area.
2. One of the spaces or interstices in areolar tissue.
3. Syn: areola of nipple.
4. A pigmented, depigmented, or erythematous zone surrounding a papule, pustule, wheal, or cutaneous neoplasm. Syn: halo(3).
Origin
[L. dim. of area]
Chaussier’s areola
areola mammae
areola of nipple
areola papillaris
areola umbilicus