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banana fold en · NOUN

Etymology

From the resemblance of this fold of flesh to the shape of a banana.

Meanings

1. A long crease below the buttock that results from a deposit of fatty tissue.
   • interior buttocks, banana fold, and posterior thigh are suctioned through both trochanteric and tnfragluteal crease entry sites. 2000, Gregory R. D. Evans, Operative Plastic Surgery, page 95:
   • Patients with good skin tone will be treated with superficial liposuction of the lower third of the buttock and the "banana fold," combined with fat injection of the gluteal depresion. 1999, Luiz Sergio Toledo, Refinements in Facial and Body Contouring, page 137:
   • With the patient in the lateral position, the flanks and lateral thighs, the gluteal fold, and the “banana” fold are treated. 2016, Melvin A. Shiffman, Alberto Di Giuseppe, Liposuction: Principles and Practice, page 535:

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