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单词 mesotherapy
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mesotherapyn.

Brit. /ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈθɛrəpi/, U.S. /ˌmɛzoʊˈθɛrəpi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: meso- comb. form, therapy n.
Etymology: < meso- comb. form + therapy n., after French mésothérapie (M. Pistor 1958, in Presse médicale 4 June 100/3), so called with allusion to the mesodermal (rather than ectodermal) origin of the dermis and underlying tissues.
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.
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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).
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