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Descriptor English: Genioplasty
Descriptor Spanish: Mentoplastia
Descriptor genioplastia
Scope note: Procedimiento quirúrgico que se realiza en gran medida por razones cosméticas, para corregir el retrognatismo, los defectos de la alineación de la barbilla y el prognatismo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mentoplastia
Descriptor French: Génioplastie
Entry term(s): Chin Repositioning
Chin Repositionings
Genioplasties
Repositioning, Chin
Repositionings, Chin
Tree number(s): E06.645.562.249
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D063172
Scope note: A surgical procedure done largely for cosmetic reasons to correct receding chins, chin misalignment, or chin excess.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Public MeSH Note: 2013
History Note: 2013
DeCS ID: 55066
Unique ID: D063172
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Date Established: 2013/01/01
Date of Entry: 2012/07/03
Genioplasty - Preferred
Concept UI M0571651
Scope note A surgical procedure done largely for cosmetic reasons to correct receding chins, chin misalignment, or chin excess.
Preferred term Genioplasty
Entry term(s) Chin Repositioning
Chin Repositionings
Genioplasties
Repositioning, Chin
Repositionings, Chin



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