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Definition of Elaboration

1. Noun. Addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail. "An elaboration of the sketch followed"

2. Noun. The result of improving something. "He described a refinement of this technique"

3. Noun. A discussion that provides additional information.

4. Noun. Marked by elaborately complex detail.

5. Noun. Developing in intricate and painstaking detail.

Definition of Elaboration

1. n. The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

Definition of Elaboration

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Elaboration

1. 1. The act or process of producing or refining with labour; improvement by successive operations; refinement. 2. The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues. Origin: L. Elaboratio: cf. F. Elaboration. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elaboration

ekuele EKY el El-Aksur ELA ELA elaborate elaborate elaborated elaborately

elaborateness elaboratenesses elaborates elaborating elaboration (current term) elaboration (current term) elaborations elaborative elaborative Elaeagnaceae

elaeagnus Elaeagnus Elaeagnus augustifolia Elaeagnus commutata Elaeagnus latifolia elaeis Elaeis Elaeis guineensis Elaeis oleifera Elaeocarpaceae

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