(n.) An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect's wing.
(n.) The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule.
Example Sentences:
(1) By using various colors, it is possible to tattoo a nipple-areola complex onto the breast that will have an illusion of projection.
(2) The microflora of the mammary glands in the area of the nipple, the areola and the adjacent skin was studied by the methods of washings and impression.
(3) A split-skin graft is used to reconstruct both (not one) areolae; this provides almost complete symmetry in terms of size, texture, and color.
(4) They feel that intraareolar incisions should be used whenever circumareolar incisions are indicated in augmentation mammaplasty, because the areola, being a favored area, is less likely to produce hypertrophic scars.
(5) Most oncologic surgeons agree that removal of the nipple, the areola and any recent scar at the site of the biopsy is necessary during a mastectomy for treatment of carcinoma of the breast.
(6) The authors graft the areola-nipple complex of the mastectomised breast on the abdominal skin, each time that they are sure of its integrity.
(7) There was no deformity of the nipple or areola after this procedure, and the surgical scars were inconspicuous.
(8) We have defined a group of patients with a lesser degree of moderate breast ptosis whose ptosis correction is not adequately improved by augmentation alone but requires some elevation of the nipple-areola complex.
(9) We believe it preserves the blood supply and sensation of the areola-nipple better than the other mastopexies we have tried, while producing breasts with excellent contour and position, and normal consistency.
(10) We describe a simple technique for the manufacture of a custom made nipple-areola prosthesis.
(11) A woman with nevoid hyperkeratosis of the nipple and areola appearing during puberty is described.
(12) The size and morphology of the pores in the "pored-domes" of glomerular and peritubular capillaries were similar to those of areolae fenestratae of the respective capillary.
(13) Patients participate in positioning of the future nipple-areola complex, and accurate localization can be checked even when the breast is covered with a brassiere.
(14) When the nipple and areola were clinically normal, involvement of the nipple and areola by carcinoma was rare if the primary tumor was less than 2 centimeters in diameter and was not situated behind the areola.
(15) Physical examination revealed a slightly exudative erythema at the areola and a reddish, enlarged left nipple.
(16) The histochemical results are discussed in context with the function of the areolae in histiotrophic nutrition and iron transport.
(17) The reconstruction of the nipple and areola is only done after reconstructed breast symmetry is ascertained.
(18) In most cases of mastectomy, however, reconstruction is performed as a secondary procedure, in two stages if possible (volume and symmetry after the first, areola after the second).
(19) This study was undertaken to assess the frequency with which lobules occur in the nipple, exclusive of the areola.
(20) In group "A" the following histological group parameters were studied: which breast, in which quadrant the nodule was situated, the type of breast the contour and size of the tumour, the number of axillary nodes removed, the histological type of the cancer, the histological grade of the malignancy, vascular invasion, details about the skin and the areola, calcifications, lymphocytic infiltration of the stroma, multicentricity, the co-existence of cystic disease of the breast and invasion of the axillary nodes.
Areolar
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areolae.
Example Sentences:
(1) Histological examination showed interlacing bundles of spindle cells and loose areolar region.
(2) Our results show that allograft tympanoplasty can be successful for a well-controlled middle ear with good utility of the areolar fascia in stabilization.
(3) Both the skate and star techniques of nipple and areolar reconstruction in the hyperexpanded patient yield very acceptable results despite thinned skin and minimal subcutaneous tissue.
(4) In 17 instances the nerve's localization was superficial, in 57 in an areolar fascial plane, and in the depth between the muscles in 41 instances.
(5) In a prospective evaluation, 1,000 consecutive breast thermograms were categorized as either normal or having 1 of 4 abnormal patterns: diffuse, asymmetrical, focal, or peri-areolar.
(6) In porcine areolar placental epithelia, the following enzymes were demonstrated by histochemical methods after 30, 58, 80, 100, and 110 d of pregnancy, respectively: beta-N-acetyl-hexosaminidase, beta-galactosidase, beta-glucuronidase, alpha-mannosidase, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, nonspecific esterases, cytochrome oxidase, 5-nucleotidase, leucine aminopeptidase, adenosine triphosphatase, diaphorases (NADH, NADPH), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, succinate dehydrogenase, isocitrate dehydrogenase (NAD, NADP), beta-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase, glycero-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, NAD-glycero-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, glutamate dehydrogenase (NAD, NADP), lactate dehydrogenase.
(7) The soft tissue support of the ACL consists of fibrous, areolar and areolo-adipose synovial tissue.
(8) Thymomthymectomy with extensive removal of the areolar tissue of the anterior mediastinum is believed to be the operation of ++choice in tumors of the thymus.
(9) The surface of the tumor cells on cut section differed in appearance from the areolar tissue of the pouch membrane.
(10) A family is described with 2 members, father and son, affected by associated retinitis pigmentosa and fundus flavimaculatus, whereas 1 other member had a combination of retinitis pigmentosa and unilateral central areolar atrophy, 1 member a fundus flavimaculatus with electroretinographic findings indicative of a subclinical form of retinitis pigmentosa and the last one with electroretinographic findings indicative of a subclinical form of retinitis pigmentosa.
(11) To study whether free-grafted perichondrium would produce new cartilage, perichondrium taken from the rabbits' ears was transplanted to the subcutaneous tissues of the groin and the back, to the muscles of the back, to the areolar tissue in the neck, and to the parenchyma of the liver.
(12) The fat body, small and isolated in newborns, is part of the subperitoneal mass of fat and loose areolar tissue in adults.
(13) The choroid: central areolar atrophy of the choroid and Sorsby's pseudo-inflammatory dystrophy.
(14) The uterine glands, glandular secretions and areolar chorionic epithelium of the pig placenta in late gestation show high levels of histochemical phosphatase activity at acid pH, particularly towards aromatic monophosphates.
(15) In suprapatellar areolar synovium, the most extensive and most altered tissue, the ratio of interstitial area to path length increased maximally 4.1 times between 5 and 25 cmH2O IAP.
(16) The promise of attractive, symmetric, and natural appearing breasts, complete with a symmetric nipple-areolar complex, has eased somewhat the diminishment of self-esteem and the threat to femininity that can accompany the loss of a breast.
(17) There are three methods to carry out this operation, Viz the inframammary incision method, the axillary incision method and the areolar incision method.
(18) The microscopic structure of bone of the brow region was studied in adult human crania showing the vermiculate surface pattern, and in immature nonhuman primates with an areolar surface.
(19) Usually the natural course eventually leads to a geographic--or areolar--atrophy of the pigment epithelium on the posterior pole.
(20) The following points are emphasized: residual mammary volume, shape, stability of contour, course of the scar, areolar sensitivity and appearance.