INJECTABLE FILLERS
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GLOSSARY
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- FACIAL: Referring to the face, the front portion
of the head.
- FAT: a soft greasy substance occurring in organic
tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly
triglycerides);
- LIPATROPHY: Facial fat loss
- SUNKEN: deep-set: having a sunken area; "hunger
gave their faces a sunken look"
- CHEEKS: Cheeks are the area of the face below the
eyes and between the nose and the left or right ear.
- SYNTHETIC: substance that is formulated or
manufactured by a chemical process or by a process that
chemically changes a substance extracted from naturally
occurring plant, animal, or mineral sources, except that
such term shall not apply to substances created by
naturally occurring biological processes
- BIOCOMPATIBLE: Not causing injury, toxic or
immunologic reaction to living tissue.
- THICKNESS: the dimension through an object as
opposed to its length or width
- TREATMENTS: means the provision, coordination, or
management of health care and related services by one or
more health care providers, including the coordination
or management of health care by a health care provider
with a third party; consultation between health care
providers relating to a patient; or the referral of a
patient for health care from one health care provider to
another.
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