- breast implant
- A silicone gel-filled or saline-filled sac placed under the chest muscle to restore breast shape.
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Breast implant — A breast implant is a prosthesis used to enlarge the size of a woman s breasts (known as breast augmentation, breast enlargement, mammoplasty enlargement, augmentation mammoplasty or the common slang term boob job) for cosmetic reasons; to… … Wikipedia
breast implant — a prosthesis to replace breast tissue that has been removed surgically during a simple mastectomy in the treatment of breast cancer. The type of implant in current use is a silicone sac filled with silicone gel; it has recently been found that… … Medical dictionary
breast implant — a prosthesis to replace breast tissue that has been removed surgically during a simple mastectomy in the treatment of breast cancer. The type of implant in current use is a silicone sac filled with silicone gel; it has recently been found that… … The new mediacal dictionary
breast implant — noun an implant for cosmetic purposes to replace a breast that has been surgically removed • Hypernyms: ↑implant … Useful english dictionary
breast implant — /ˈbrɛst ɪmplænt/ (say brest implant) noun Medicine a sac filled with an inert substance, which is surgically implanted into a breast to increase its size …
breast implant — n. manufactured sac filled with saline or silicone gel which is surgically inserted to increase the shape of breast size or for breast reconstruction process after mastectomy … English contemporary dictionary
breast implant — noun a prosthesis implanted behind or in place of a female breast in reconstructive or cosmetic surgery … English new terms dictionary
Breast reconstruction — is the rebuilding of a breast, usually in women. It involves using autologous tissue or prosthetic material to construct a natural looking breast. Often this includes the reformation of a natural looking areola and nipple. This procedure involves … Wikipedia
Breast (disambiguation) — Breast may refer too:Human breast*Breast, a mammary gland*Breast milk, nourishment for a baby or infant *Breast pump, a mechanical device to extract milk from a lactating breast *Breast engorgement, too much milk in a breast, has several… … Wikipedia
Implant — can refer to: *Alien implants *Brain implant *Breast implant *Cochlear implant *Dental implant *Extraocular implant *Fetal tissue implant *Harrington implant *Implant (medicine) *Implant (Scientology) * Implant, The *Implantation *Microchip… … Wikipedia
