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elaboration
[ ih-lab-uh-rey-shuhn ]
/ ɪˌlæb əˈreɪ ʃən /
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noun
an act or instance of elaborating.
the state of being elaborated; elaborateness.
something that is elaborated.
Psychiatry. an unconscious process of expanding and embellishing a detail, especially while recalling and describing a representation in a dream so that latent content of the dream is brought into a logical and comprehensible order.
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Origin of elaboration
OTHER WORDS FROM elaboration
self-e·lab·o·ra·tion, nounWords nearby elaboration
el, ELA, El Aaiún, elaborate, elaborated code, elaboration, elaenia, elaeoptene, elaeothesium, Elagabalus, Elaine
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Medical definitions for elaboration
elaboration
[ ĭ-lăb′ə-rā′shən ]
n.
The process of working out in detail by labor and study.
The mental process occurring partly during dreaming and partly during the recalling or telling of a dream, by means of which the latent content of the dream is brought into increasingly more coherent and logical order, resulting in the manifest content of the dream.
Other words from elaboration
e•lab′o•rate′ v.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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