modellierend

English translation: shaping/molding

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German term or phrase:modellierend
English translation:shaping/molding
Entered by: davidgreen

19:21 Feb 21, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
German term or phrase: modellierend
Der Haut- / Unterhaut-, Fett- und Druesenlappen wird nach kaudal bis zur Submammarfalte hin praepariert. Dabei wird kielartig auch der retroareolaere Raum ausgeduennt, sodass ein schiffskielartiger Gewebeanteil *modellierend* reseziert wird.

...the retro areola area was thinned in a keel fashion, so that a ship’s keel type portion of tissue was resected *modellierend*
davidgreen
shaping/molding
Explanation:
The keelshaped portion is resected for the purpose of reshaping or molding the breast. I think the other opinion of "modeling" applies when there is no existing breast and you have to create one from scratch, which will closely resemble a real one.
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4was resected and modeled
jerryk (X)
4shaping/molding
Gisela Greenlee


  

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was resected and modeled


Explanation:
BJU International (May 2000), 85.7
BJU, british journal of urology, BJU International ... Thus the modelling of each individual genital in transsexuals can be considered ‘original’. ... was massive, so it was better to resect it and to suture it through several times ...
www.bjui.org/85/7/article/bju624.asp - 63k - Cached


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shaping/molding


Explanation:
The keelshaped portion is resected for the purpose of reshaping or molding the breast. I think the other opinion of "modeling" applies when there is no existing breast and you have to create one from scratch, which will closely resemble a real one.

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