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enlargement

[ en-lahrj-muhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an act of enlarging; increase, expansion, or amplification.
anything, as a photograph, that is an enlarged form of something.
anything that enlarges something else; addition:
The new wing formed a considerable enlargement to the building.

First recorded in 1530–40; enlarge + -ment

In the heart, it reversed age-induced cardiac hypertrophy (enlargement of the heart).

The fear is that thinning the blood further might promote more bleeding rather than decrease the risk of clot enlargement.

And, upon enlargement by the Daily Beast's photo team, we can even see that a SPEECH BUBBLE has been stuck into Philip's mouth!

Forget depilation - seems the Kate effect now extends to eyebrow enlargement.

This crayon "enlargement" presented John with very black skin and spotless white hair.

It was an enlargement of the previous charter, making the colony independent of any other province.

The enlargement or persistence of the thymus can be better recognised, and doctors now seldom fail to notice it.

A similar enlargement of the sphere of the Poor Law institution has, of late years, been going on in other than infectious cases.

A revival of trade, rapid increase of population and enlargement of the boundaries of the city followed.

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