tattooing
(ta-too′ĭng)
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[Tahitian tatau]
1. Indelible marking of the skin produced by introducing minute amounts of pigments. Tattooing is usually done to produce a certain design, picture, name, or words. When it is done by a nonprofessional, sterile procedures may not be used and hepatitis B or C or HIV may be transmitted to the consumer. The technique may also be used to conceal a corneal leukoma, to mask pigmented areas of skin, or to color skin to look like the areola in mammoplasty.
2. In radiation therapy, the induction of a small amount of indelible pigment under the skin to designate an area to be treated with radiation.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Tattooing." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766070/all/tattooing.
Tattooing. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766070/all/tattooing. Accessed October 3, 2024.
Tattooing. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766070/all/tattooing
Tattooing [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 03]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766070/all/tattooing.
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