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Definition of Enlargement
1. Noun. The act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope.
Generic synonyms: Increase, Step-up
Specialized synonyms: Dilatation, Dilation, Distension, Distention, Stretching, Inflation, Magnification, Extension
Derivative terms: Enlarge
Antonyms: Contraction
2. Noun. The state of being enlarged.
3. Noun. A discussion that provides additional information.
Generic synonyms: Discourse, Discussion, Treatment
Specialized synonyms: Expatiation, Embellishment, Embroidery
Derivative terms: Elaborate, Enlarge, Expand
4. Noun. A photographic print that has been enlarged.
Generic synonyms: Exposure, Photo, Photograph, Pic, Picture
Derivative terms: Blow Up, Enlarge, Magnify, Magnify
Definition of Enlargement
1. n. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.
Definition of Enlargement
1. Noun. The act of making something larger. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation. ¹
3. Noun. An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enlargement
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Enlargement
1. 1. An increase in size; an anatomical swelling, enlargement, or prominence. 2. An intumescence or swelling. Synonym: intumescentia, intumescence. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enlargement
Literary usage of Enlargement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"The prognostic significance of secondary enlargement of the spleen with alcoholic
cirrhosis ... It may be recognized by a great enlargement of the spleen, ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"For example, a systolic murmur at the apex, with the definite knowledge of cardiac
enlargement, will certainly differentiate an ..."
3. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1897)
"THE most distressing affection incident to ' advanced years in the male is
enlargement of the prostate gland, not in itself so much as in its results. ..."
4. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association by American philological association (1897)
"The enlargement of the English Dictionary. BY PROF. FA MARCH, LAFAYETTE COLLEGE.
THE great thesaurus which we call the English dictionary, ..."
5. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, A Commentary by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1794)
"... that is to operate bv enlargement. But a tenant in dower or by the ...
operates by enlargement, ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on the Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment of Diseases by Austin Flint (1859)
"So far as concerns enlargement, it is determinable with great ease and ...
As regards these two forms of enlargement, the differential diagnosis will be ..."
7. Pathological and Practical Researches on Diseases of the Stomach, the by John Abercrombie (1830)
"SIMPLE enlargement or THE LIVER WITHOUT CHANGE OF TEXTURE. This, I think, is most
frequently observed in young persons of a scrofulous habit, ..."
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