areolar

• Rhymes: -iːələ(ɹ)

areolar (comparative more areolar, superlative most areolar)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to areolae.
   • 2016, Onelio Garcia Jr., “Management of Asymmetry After Breast Reduction”, in Dennis C. Hammond, editor, Clinics in Plastic Surgery, Vol. 43, No. 2: Complications in Breast Reduction, Elsevier, page 377:

     Although this may be caused by erroneous preoperative markings, areolar diameter differences are usually caused by skin tension differences between the breasts after wound closure.

2. (anatomy) Characterised by areolae (intercellular spaces).

   areolar tissue

   • 2012, James W. Fleshman Jr., Open Total Proctocolectomy and Ileal Pouch, James W. Fleshman, Elisa H Birnbaum, Steven R Hunt, Matthew G Mutch, Ira J Kodner, Bashar Safar, Atlas of Surgical Techniques for Colon, Rectum and Anus, Elsevier (Elsevier Saunders), page 130,

     At the level of the sacral promontory, an areolar tissue plane begins behind the superior hemorrhoidal artery (Figure 9-3A and B).

3. (botany) Of or relating to areoles.

• Arreola

areolar m or f (plural areolares)

1. (anatomy) areolar (relating to areolae)

Borrowed from French aréolaire.

areolar m or n (feminine singular areolară, masculine plural areolari, feminine and neuter plural areolare)

1. areolar

areolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural areolares)

1. (anatomy) areolar (relating to areolae)

• “areolar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014