| Home |
| About IMA |
| Publications |
| Members |
| Updates |
| Registration |
| Contact Us |
Terminology
The following
definitions are to assist both the practitioner and lay person in better
understanding the subject of micropigmentation.
AbsorptionThe mechanism of the absorption of
light by substances to produce color is obscure. It is apparently a
function of the molecular structure of the substance. In the case of
organic compounds, only unsaturated compounds show color, and their hue
can be changed by altering the compounds chemically. Inorganic compounds
are generally colorless in solution or liquid form, except for compounds
of the so-called
transition elements.
|
Dye
(  ),
n., v., dyed, dye•ing.
n.
1. a coloring material or
matter. 2. a liquid
containing coloring matter, for imparting a particular hue to cloth,
paper, etc. 3. color
or hue, esp. as produced by dyeing.
v.t.
4. to color with or as if
with a dye. 5. to
impart (color) by means of a dye.
v.i.
6. to impart color, as a dye.
7. to become colored when
treated with a dye. Funk and Wagnalls dictionary |
Food.
1) Articles used for food or drink for man or other animals; 2) chewing
gum; and 3) articles used for components of any such article. as
defined by the FDA
Hue
(   ),
n. 1. a
gradation or variety of a color; tint: pale hues.
2. the property of light by
which the color of an object is classified as red, blue, green, or
yellow in reference to the spectrum.
3. color: all the hues of
the rainbow. 4.
form or appearance. Funk and Wagnalls dictionary |
| India ink
n. (sometimes l.c.)
1. a black pigment consisting
of lampblack mixed with glue or size.
2. an ink made from this
pigment. Funk and Wagnalls dictionary |
Infection, injurious contamination of the body or part of the body by pathogenic agents, such as fungi (see FUNGUS INFECTIONS), bacteria, protozoa, rickettsiae, or viruses, or by the toxins that these agents may produce. An infection may be local and confined to one area or generalized and spread throughout the body. Once the infectious agent enters the host and begins to proliferate, the defense mechanisms of the body react to the infection, producing the characteristic symptoms of pain, swelling, reddening at the site of infection, functional disorders, rise in body temperature and pulse rates, and an increase in the number of white cells (see IMMUNE SYSTEM).
Infectious agents may enter the body of the host by several routes. The most common route is through the respiratory passages and gastrointestinal tracts, but other common entry routes are through the skin, especially injured skin, the mucosal surfaces of other body openings, and the conjunctiva of the eyes. Pregnant mothers may also transmit infections to their fetuses. The degree of infection is related to the dose and virulence of the infecting agent, as well as to the resistance or immunity of the host against that organism. Resistance to infection is lowered by many diseases of the immune system, leukemia, and cancer, as well as by conditions such as severe burns or malnutrition. In healthy persons, the body’s own so-called natural flora of bacteria form a line of defense against mild infections, which may thus be taken care of without further treatment. Antibiotic and sulfa drugs and other pharmaceuticals are used against more severe infections, and vaccines serve as preventive measures against a wide range of infectious diseases
Inflammation, in medicine, reaction of the body to tissue injury or infection. The injured site becomes red and warm because of increased blood flow; swelling and tenderness result from fluids seeping into local tissues, causing increased skin tension. Certain body chemicals involved in inflammation also add to the local pain. Within the inflamed area, special defense cells accumulate, including white blood cells, macrophages, and lymphocytes (see BLOOD). The white blood cells break down the damaged tissue and signal macrophages; the latter ingest and digest foreign substances and dead tissue (see IMMUNE SYSTEM). In some diseases this process may be destructive to the host. Treatment depends on the cause. If the cause is known, a variety of nonsteroidal drugs may be used; if not, drugs such as cortisone or anti-inflammatories such as aspirin are chosen.
Informed Consent An agreement to do something or to allow something to happen, made with complete knowledge of all relevant facts, such as the risks involved or any available alternatives. For example, a patient may give informed consent to medical treatment only after the healthcare professional has disclosed all possible risks involved in accepting or rejecting the treatment. A healthcare provider or facility may be held responsible for an injury caused by an undisclosed risk. In another context, a person accused of committing a crime cannot give up his constitutional rights--for example, to remain silent or to talk with an attorney--unless and until he has been informed of those rights, usually via the well-known Miranda warnings.
|
Infringement of copyright
Any unauthorized use of a
copyrighted work
other than
fair use.
Uses can range from outright
plagiarism to
using a portion of a photograph in a CD-ROM. The
copyright owner
may file a lawsuit to stop the infringement and collect
damages from
the infringer, provided the owner has registered her copyright with
the
U.S. Copyright Office. See Topic: Copyright |
|
|
Infringement of Patent
Violation of a
patent,
occurring when someone else is making, using, or selling the
invention described in the patent, or a product that is functionally
equivalent to the invention described in the patent, without the
patent holder's permission. See Topic: Patent |
|
|
Infringement of Trademark
Unauthorized use of a protected
trademark or
service mark,
or use of something very similar to a protected mark. The success of
a lawsuit to stop the infringement turns on whether the defendant's
use causes a likelihood of confusion in the average consumer. If a
court determines that the average consumer would be confused, the
owner of the original mark can prevent the other's use of the
infringing mark and sometimes collect
damages. See Topic: Trademark |
Inject
(
),
v.t. 1. to force (a
fluid) into a passage, cavity, or tissue.L injectus, ptp. of
in(j)icere to throw in, instill = in- + jacere to
throw]
Funk and Wagnalls dictionary
Label.
Display of written, printed, or graphic material upon the immediate
container of any article; and a requirement made by or under
authority of this act that any word, statement or any information appear
on the label shall not be considered to be complied with unless such
word, statement, or other information also appears on the outside
container or wrapper, if any there be, of the retail package of such
article, or is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper.
as defined by the FDA
Micropigmentation
The procedure in which minute,
metabolically inert pigment granules are inserted mechanically or
manually with needles into the dermis for the purpose of cosmetic and/or
corrective enhancement. micropigmentation developed from tattooing.
Micropigmentation or Permanent Cosmetics is a cosmetic
invasive procedure in which colorants (not drugs) are introduced into
the dermis. Because some pigments are water soluble, they are
introduced in the form of a dye; and, then revert back to their
particulate or "pigment" state, when the dispersal solution is
absorbed by the body. Many "pigments" are actually dyes that are
chemically bound to inert particles (aluminum, barium, calcium). So a
colorant is created by the combination of a dye attached to an inert
particle thus becoming a pigment. Some of the color is found
"free"
( suspension) in pigments (2% dye) no matter how much care is
taken to bind the colorant to the particle.
|
Malpractice The delivery of
substandard care or services by a lawyer, doctor, dentist,
accountant or other professional. Generally, malpractice occurs when
a professional fails to provide the quality of care that should
reasonably be expected in the circumstances, with the result that
her patient or client is harmed. In the area of legal malpractice,
you need to prove two things to show that you were harmed: first,
that your lawyer screwed up; and second, that if the lawyer had
handled the work properly, you would have won your original case
cause of action: A specific legal
claim--such as for negligence,
breach of contract
or medical
malpractice--for
which a
plaintiff
seeks compensation. Each cause of action is divided into discrete
elements, all
of which must be proved to present a winning
case. Se |
| Minor In most states, any person under 18 years of age. All minors must be under the care of a competent adult (parent or guardian ) unless they are "emancipated"--in the military, married or living independently with court permission. |
MRI MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, technique independently discovered in 1946 and developed in the 1950s by the Swiss-American physicist
Felix Bloch and the American physicist Edward M. Purcell for the spectroscopic analysis of substances. In NMR, a substance is placed in a strong magnetic field that affects the spin of the atomic nuclei of certain isotopes of common elements. A radio wave passes through the substance and reorients these nuclei. When the wave is turned off, the nuclei release a pulse of energy that provides data on the molecular structure of the substance and that can be transformed into an image by computer techniques. In the early 1980s, NMR also became a diagnostic tool for obtaining more precise images of tissues within the human body than are possible with CAT scans or ultrasonics (see RADIOLOGY). In its medical applications, NMR is now more commonly referred to as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in order to avoid the negative connotations of the word "nuclear." MRI does not, in fact, involve the use of radioactivity and ionizing radiation. MRI is unsurpassed as an imaging technique for scans of the brain, head, and neck. Persons with metal implants, however, should not be scanned by MRI. In addition, MRI is more expensive than a CAT scan, which remains the preferred method of diagnosing bleeding within the brain.
Needle
(
),
n., v.,1. a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usu. of polished
steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at
the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in
sewing.2. any of various related, usu. considerably larger, implements
for making stitches, as in knitting or crocheting.
3.
Med.
a. a slender, pointed, steel
instrument used in sewing or piercing tissues, as in suturing.
b. a hypodermic needle.
4. an injection of a drug or
medicine; shot. 5.
any of various objects resembling or suggesting a needle. Funk
and Wagnalls dictionary
Pierce
(   ),
v., pierced, pierc•ing.
v.t.
1. to penetrate (something),
as a pointed object does.
2. to make a hole or opening
in; perforate. 3. to
make (a hole or opening) by or as if by boring or perforating.
4. to force or make a way
into or through: a road that pierces the jungle.
5. to penetrate with the eye
or mind. 6. to affect
sharply with some sensation or emotion, as pain.
7. to sound sharply through
(the air, stillness, etc.), as a cry.
v.i.
8. to force or make a way
into or through something.
[ME percen < OF
perc(i)er < VL *pert si re,
v. der. of L pertsus,
ptp. of pertundere to bore a hole through, perforate = per-
+ tundere to strike, beat] Funk and Wagnalls dictionary |
Pigment
(   ),
n. 1. a dry
insoluble substance, usu. pulverized, that when suspended in a
liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
2. a coloring matter or
substance. 3. any of
various biological substances, as chlorophyll and melanin, that
produce color in the tissues of organisms.
v.t.
4. to color; add pigment to.
v.i.
5. to acquire color. L
pigmentum paint = pig- (s. of pingere to paint) Funk and Wagnalls dictionary |
Pointillism
( 
  ,
-
-,
-),
n. (sometimes cap.) a theory and technique developed
by the neo-impressionists, based on the principle that juxtaposed
dots of pure color, as blue and yellow, are optically mixed into the
resulting hue, as green, by the viewer.[1900–05; < F pointillisme
= pointill(er) to mark with points + -isme] Funk
and Wagnalls dictionary as applied to micropigmentation: a
series of small dots that when viewed macrocopically appear to be a
homogenous line or structure |
Prick
Prick
(),
n. 1. a puncture
made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
2. the act of pricking: the
prick of a needle. 3.
the state or sensation of being pricked.
4. a sharp pain or feeling of
discomfort caused by or as if by being pricked; twinge.
5. a sharp point or part;
prickle. 6. Obs. a
pointed instrument or weapon.
v.t.
7. to pierce with a sharp
point; puncture: I pricked my finger.
8. to affect with sharp pain, as
from piercing. 9. to cause
sharp mental pain to; sting, as with remorse: His conscience pricked
him. 10. to urge on
with or as if with a goad or spur.
11. to mark (a surface) with
pricks or dots in tracing something.
12. to mark or trace by means of
pricks or dots. 13. to
cause to stand erect or point upward (usu. fol. by up): The
dog pricked up its ears.
14.to lame (a horse) by driving a
nail improperly into its hoof.
15. to transplant (a seedling)
into a container that provides more room for growth (usu. fol. by out
or off ). v.i.
16. to perform the action of
piercing or puncturing something.
Funk and Wagnalls dictionary
Shade (s) 8. the degree of darkness of a color, determined by the quantity of black or by the lack of illumination. 9. a dark part of a picture or drawing. v.t. 17. a. to introduce degrees of darkness into (a drawing or painting) in order to render light and shadow or give the effect of color. b. to render the values of light and dark on (a drawn figure, object, etc.), esp. in order to create an illusion of three-dimensionality. v.i. 20. to change by slight graduations. [ (n.) ME s(c)hade, OE sceadu; c. OS skado, OHG scato, Go skadus, Gk skótos]
Solution Solution (
),
n. 1. the act
or process of solving a problem.
2. the state of being solved.
3. an answer to a problem.
4. a. the process by which a
gas, liquid, or solid is dispersed homogeneously in a gas, liquid,
or solid without chemical change.
b. a homogeneous molecular
mixture of two or more substances.
[1325–75; ME < L solti ,
der. of sol-,
var. s. of solvere to loosen, dissolve]Funk and Wagnalls dictionary |
Statute
A written law passed by Congress or a state legislature and signed into
law by the President or a state governor. (In fairly rare circumstances,
a legislative act can become law without the approval of the head of the
executive branch of government.) Statutes are often gathered into
compilations called "codes," large sets of books that can be found in
many public and all law libraries, or sometimes on the Internet.
|
Suspension
(
),
n.1. the act of suspending.
2. the state of being
suspended. 7. a. a
state in which the particles of a chemical substance are mixed with
a fluid but are undissolved.
b. a substance in such a
state. c. a system
consisting of small particles kept dispersed by agitation or by the
molecular motion of the medium. Funk and Wagnalls dictionary
|
|
Tort
An injury to one person for which the person who caused the injury
is legally responsible. A tort can be intentional--for example, an
angry punch in the nose--but is far more likely to result from
carelessness (called "negligence"), such as riding your bicycle on
the sidewalk and colliding with a pedestrian. While the injury that
forms the basis of a tort is usually physical, this is not a
requirement--libel,
slander and
the "intentional infliction of mental distress" are on a good-sized
list of torts not based on a physical injury. |
Tattooing The art of placing indelible pigment, inks, or scarification beneath the skin by use of needles for the purpose of adornment or art. Dyes and pigments used for tattooing are cosmetics (FDA)
|
Tattoo (
),
n., pl. -toos. v., -tooed, -too•ing.
1. the act or practice of
marking the skin with indelible designs, legends, etc., by making
punctures in it and inserting pigments.
2. any mark or markings so
made. 3. to mark with
tattoos, as a person or a part of the body.
4. to
put (a design, legend, etc.) on the skin. Funk and Wagnalls
dictionary
TATTOOING, method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface. The skin is punctured with a sharp instrument, which now is usually an electric needle. In many parts of the world tribal people use tattooing and scarification to indicate social rank and affiliation or as a sign of mourning. Scarification involves slashing the skin and introducing irritants into the wounds, which, when healed, leave pronounced scars. Tattooing was practiced by the Egyptians as early as 2000 BC. Color tattooing became highly developed among the Maoris of New Zealand and was once popular as a form of adornment in China, India, and Japan. Because of complaints by health authorities that contaminated needles spread infectious diseases, particularly hepatitis, tattooing has been outlawed in some communities of the U.S. and restricted in others to persons over 18 years old. Body paints and pictured adhesives, called skin transfers or decal tattoos, are easily removed and are more common. Tattoos applied with a needle can be obliterated by a laser beam.
|
Tint
(),
n. 1. a variety of
a color; hue. 2. a
color diluted with white.3. a delicate or pale color.
4. any of various commercial hair
dyes. 5. a uniform
shading, as in an engraving.
6. Also called tint
block.
a faintly colored background upon which to print an illustration.
v.t.
7. to color slightly. Funk and
Wagnalls dictionary