Definition of Breast implant

1. Noun. An implant for cosmetic purposes to replace a breast that has been surgically removed.

Generic synonyms: Implant

Definition of Breast implant

1. Noun. (surgery) A medical prosthesis used to augment, reconstruct, or create the physical form of breasts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Breast implant

1. A sac inserted under the skin of the chest wall to restore or improve the shape of the breast. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Breast Implant

breast
breast-deep
breast-fed
breast-feed
breast-high
breast augmentation
breast augmentations
breast bone
breast cancer
breast cancer susceptibility genes
breast carcinoma
breast dose in mammography
breast drill
breast feed
breast feeding
breast implant (current term)
breast implantation
breast implants
breast infection
breast lump
breast milk
breast of lamb
breast of veal
breast pang
breast pocket
breast prosthesis
breast pump
breast reduction
breast self-examination

Literary usage of Breast implant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Current Issues in Women's Health: An FDA Consumer Special Report by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Command Trust Network, Inc. An advocacy organization for support and information about breast implants and breast implant surgery. For information, send $1 ..."

2. Attorneys' Fees and the Tobacco Settlement: Congressional Hearing edited by Howard Coble (2000)
"breast implants In re Silicone Gel breast implant Prods. ... B. Description In this case, the major breast implant manufacturers have agreed with a ..."

3. Quality Determinants Of Mammography: Clinical Practice Guideline by Lawrence W. Bassett, R. Edward Hendrick (2004)
"The following information should be reviewed: medication use (including hormones), history of breast implant surgery, history of breast surgery or biopsy, ..."

4. Interstate Transportation of Human Pathogens: Hearing Before the Committee by Orrin G. Hatch (1999)
"I want to talk for a few minutes about the silicone breast implant controversy as it relates to medical devices. I know there are a number of people on both ..."

5. Medical Devices: Technological Innovation and Patient-Provider Perspectives edited by Michael Bilirakis (1999)
"I want to talk for a few minutes about the silicone breast implant controversy as it relates to medical devices. I know there are a number of people on both ..."

6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1820)
"... And thus with thoughtless cure, and method strange, In her own infant's breast implant " revenge," And make a howling wilderness of life. ..."

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