areolaradj.
/əˈriːələ/, U.S. /əˈriələr/ 1. Consisting of areolæ, full of interstices; spec. in areolar tissue: the mixture of fibrous and elastic tissue, which underlies the skin, and connects and supports the organs in other parts of the body.
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the world > life > the body > bodily substance > connective tissue > [noun]
cellular membrane1729
cellular tissue1754
areolar tissue1818
connective tissue1839
connexive tissue1854
conjunctive tissue1856–8
connective1883
1818 W. Lawrence Nat. Hist. Man (1848) ii. ii. 185 The areolar tissue of the cutis.
1844 W. B. Carpenter Animal Physiol. i. 31 This areolar tissue is diffused through almost the whole fabric of the adult animal.
2. Of or pertaining to a small area. Cf. area n. 11a.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > of small or scanty extent > relating to a small area
areolar1879
1879 S. Newcomb & E. S. Holden Astron. for Schools & Coll. 126 This area is called the areolar velocity of the planet.
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adj.1818