TUMMY TUCK (ABDOMINOPLASTY)
GLOSSARY
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- ABDOMINOPLASTY: Plastic surgery repair of the
muscles of the abdominal wall.
- FAT: adipose tissue: a kind of body tissue
containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy;
it also cushions and insulates vital organs; "fatty
tissue protected them from the severe cold"
- SKIN: a natural protective body covering and site
of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ
of your body"
- TIGHTENING: the act of making something tighter;
"the tightening of economic controls"
- MUSCLES: Muscle is a contractile form of tissue.
It is one of the four major tissue types, the other
three being epithelium, connective tissue and nervous
tissue. Muscle contraction is used to move parts of the
body, as well as to move substances within the body
- ABDOMINAL: Muscle is a contractile form of
tissue. It is one of the four major tissue types, the
other three being epithelium, connective tissue and
nervous tissue. Muscle contraction is used to move parts
of the body, as well as to move substances within the
body
- CANDIDATES:
- SURGERY: the branch of medical science that
treats disease or injury by operative procedures
- OVERHANGING:
- ELASTICITY: the tendency of a body to return to
its original shape after it has been stretched or
compressed; "the waistband had lost its snap"
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