lipofilling

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noun

The grafting of fat, especially from the abdomen to the breasts

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounlipofilling (usually uncountable, plural lipofillings)

plural lipofillings

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineThe grafting of fat, especially from the abdomen to the breasts
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    In more details, it was used to augment the radix and soften the acute nasofrontal angle, fill the irregular defects of the nasal dorsum, soften the accentuated supratip break, increase the columellar show, increase the columellar labial angle by augmenting the premaxilla, restore enough volume to the dimplings around piriform area, fill the depressions on the surface of collapsed nasal bones adjacent to medial canthus, and restore a diverge appearance at the location of deficient foot plates in base of columella.

    2015, Ali Manafi et al., “Injectable Cartilage Shaving: An Autologous and Long Lasting Filler Material for Correction of Minor Contour Deformities in Rhinoplasty”, in World Journal of Plastic Surgery, volume 4

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