Small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.

Roget 247: circularity, roundness; rotundity etc. 249.    circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet^†, annulus, annulet^†, bracelet, armlet; ringlet; eye, loop, wheel; cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band; contrate wheel^†, crown wheel; hub; nave; sash, girdle, cestus^†, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland; crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar; noose, lasso, lassoo^†.    ellipse, oval, ovule; ellipsoid, cycloid; epicycloid [Geom.], epicycle; semicircle; quadrant, sextant, sector.    sphere etc. 249.    ... meer laten zien

Small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite.

synoniem: ring of color.