单词 | mesotherapy |
释义 | mesotherapyn. A system of alternative medicine in which multiple tiny injections of a mixture of pharmaceutical or other substances are made into the layer of connective tissue underlying the skin; a cosmetic therapy of this kind, claiming to promote the loss of subcutaneous fat and cellulite. ΚΠ 1981 Lancet 3 Jan. 35/2 Among homoeopathy, mesotherapy, acupuncture, and the like, thermal medicine does come out fairly well. 1997 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 20 Apr. 4 Mesotherapy.., a respected European technique, where minute quantities of pharmacological drugs are injected into the cellulite deposits to boost circulation, stimulate drainage and digest hard-lump tissue around cells. 2002 New Scientist 18 May 109/4 Treatments like liposuction and mesotherapy (the injection of drugs to destroy cellulite) are either expensive or, at best, produce only temporary improvement. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1981 |
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