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GLOSSARY
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- TESTING: the act of subjecting to experimental test in order
to determine how well something works
- PRIOR: anterior: earlier in time
- BOVINE: Refers to a general family grouping of cattle.
- COLLAGEN: A protein chemical substance that is the main
support of skin, tendon, bone, cartilage and connective tissue.
- HYALURONIC ACID: A protein found in large amounts in the
synovial fluid of joints. It may be altered in arthritis
- FILLERS: Nonconductive components cabled with the insulated
conductors or optical fibers to impart roundness, flexibility,
tensile strength, or a combination of all three
- DERMAL: Referring to the skin.
- VOLUME: the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an
object; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume"
- MODERATE: tone down: make less strong or intense; soften
- SEVERE: intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or
quality.
- FACIAL: Referring to the face, the front portion of the head.
- WRINKLES: A wrinkle is a ridge or crease of a surface. It
usually refers to folds on fabric or clothes, or on the skin of an
organism.
- NASOLABIAL:
- DISEASE: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal
functioning
- TRANSMISSION: infection: an incident in which an infectious
disease is transmitted
- ALLERGIC: inflammations caused by unusual sensitivity to
foreign substances
- PATIENTS: people undergoing medical care, as in: The doctor
visits her patients in the hospital every morning.
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