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enhancement

  • /ɪnˈhɑːns.mənt/ UK
  • /ɪnˈhæns.mənt/ US
  • /ɛnˈhæns.mənt/ US

noun enhancements · inhancement

  1. countable, uncountable An improvement or supplement that tends to increase a sense of esteem. The original product, with its simplistic design, has undergone many enhancements over the years.

    Opposite: dehancement

  2. countable, uncountable The degree to which the image of a scan stands out as a bright area. The enhancement characteristics of a PNET on CT may also have prognostic value, as lesions that hypoenhance on CT scan tend to have worse overall survival than lesions that are isoenhancing or hyperenhancing (5-year survival 54% vs 89% vs 93%).

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Closest in meaning: sweetening, augmentation, increasing, increment, increase, growth, amplification, growing, enlargement, heightening, magnification, stepped-up, extension, development, strengthen, intensification

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noun an improvement

हिन्दीवृद्धि vŕddhi, वर्धन vardhan
Portuguêsmelhoria, melhoramento
Françaisamélioration
DeutschVerbesserung, Erweiterung
Ελληνικάενίσχυση eníschysi
Русскийулучше́ние ulučšénije, увеличе́ние uveličénije, усиле́ние usilénije, повыше́ние povyšénije, приро́ст priróst, соверше́нствование soveršénstvovanije

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@misc{enhancement_2026,
  title = {enhancement},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/enhancement},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}