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Breast implant
A prosthesis used to alter the size, shape, and feel of a woman’s breasts for aesthetic enhancement.
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asymmetry
Beauty; Breast implant
Uneven appearance between a woman's breasts in terms of size, shape, or breast level.
redness
Beauty; Breast implant
Bleeding at operative site that causes discoloration and varies in degree and length of time. This is expected following breast implant surgery or breast procedures.
premarket approval (PMA)
Beauty; Breast implant
Application for marketing a device. FDA must approve the PMA for the device to be sold on the market in the U. S.
extracapsular rupture
Beauty; Breast implant
Rupture of silicone gel-filled breast implant in which the silicone gel is outside of the fibrous scar capsule that forms around the implant.
