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areolar, a.|əˈriːələ(r)|
[f. prec. + -ar.]
1. Consisting of areolæ, full of interstices; spec. in areolar (or connective) tissue: the mixture of fibrous and elastic tissue, which underlies the skin, and connects and supports the organs in other parts of the body.
1818W. Lawrence Nat. Hist. Man ii. ii. (1848) 185 The areolar tissue of the cutis. 1859Carpenter Anim. Phys. i. (1872) 39 This Areolar tissue is diffused through almost the whole fabric of the adult animal.
2. Of or pertaining to a small area. Cf. area 3.
1879Newcomb & Holden Astron. 126 This area is called the areolar velocity of the planet. |