AREOLAR TISSUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does areolar tissue mean? 

• AREOLAR TISSUE (noun)
  The noun AREOLAR TISSUE has 1 sense:

1. fibrous connective tissue with the fibers arranged in a mesh or net

  Familiarity information: AREOLAR TISSUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AREOLAR TISSUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fibrous connective tissue with the fibers arranged in a mesh or net

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("areolar tissue" is a kind of...):

connective tissue (tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments)

 Context examples 

Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.

(Phlegmon, NCI Thesaurus)

Tissue consisting of an external serous coat, subserous areolar tissue and lung parenchyma.

(Lung Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

Small, flat, granular glands embedded in the submucous areolar tissue of the duodenum.

(Brunner's Gland, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)