Word: contour
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...made downward from the new nipple site, the breasts are completely unmarked above the nipples. If the breast is "hypertrophic" (over-developed), superfluous tissue is removed in a wedge-shaped segment. If it is "atrophic" (under-developed), an uplifting and reshaping job alone often restores a satisfactory contour; if not, fatty tissue lifted from the abdomen or flanks can be incorporated...
Demonstrating the method of creation of the so-called "projected contour" maps, which represent graphically but accurately the altitudes of mountains and deserts, an exhibit of the maps of Richard Edes Harrison, staff cartographer of Fortune Magazine, went on display yesterday in Robinson Hall...