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melomental fold

French translation: pli nasogénien

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English term or phrase:melomental fold
French translation:pli nasogénien
Entered by: emmanuelle

21:56 Apr 13, 2005
English to French translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / esth�tique
English term or phrase: melomental fold
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Loss of maxillary and mandibular bone, subcutaneous fat and dermal collagen result in wider lower facial depressions and perioral grooves such as the melolabial and melomental folds.

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emmanuelle
France
Local time: 18:17
plis d'amertume
Explanation:
I have seen as an equivalent of melomental folds = marionette lines and in French plis d'amertume... there are lots of hits on plis d amertume

Fig. 5. A. Patiente avec des sillons nasogéniens marqués et des plis d’amertume.
Fig. 4. A. Patiente avant opération avec des sillons nasogéniens marqués.
Fig. 4. A. Preoperative patient with prominent nasolabial folds.
Fig. 5. A. Patient with prominent nasolabial folds and marionette lines.


redonner du volume (notamment aux pommettes, front, menton) et de combler les
sillons les plus profonds du visage (sillons nasogéniens, plis d'amertume…
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Local time: 18:17
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plis d'amertume


Explanation:
I have seen as an equivalent of melomental folds = marionette lines and in French plis d'amertume... there are lots of hits on plis d amertume

Fig. 5. A. Patiente avec des sillons nasogéniens marqués et des plis d’amertume.
Fig. 4. A. Patiente avant opération avec des sillons nasogéniens marqués.
Fig. 4. A. Preoperative patient with prominent nasolabial folds.
Fig. 5. A. Patient with prominent nasolabial folds and marionette lines.


redonner du volume (notamment aux pommettes, front, menton) et de combler les
sillons les plus profonds du visage (sillons nasogéniens, plis d'amertume…


    Reference: http://www.mediform.fr/imgmant/surginews/surginews_n4.pdf
    Reference: http://www.doc-esthetique.com/Pages/Injections.html
Bram Poldervaart
Local time: 18:17
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agree  Catherine GUILLIAUMET: Mais voir explication de ce flou linguistique à la question sur "melolabial". Et je me permets de rappeler - juste pour l'humour de la situation - que la version FR politiquement correcte est dorénavant "rides d'expression - ou 'du sourire' " :-)))
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