enhancement

plural enhancements · alternative obsolete inhancement

1. countableuncountableAn 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.

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   Dawn mist rolling off the adjacent North Downs creates a sepia effect over the river with no need for digital enhancement.

   2021 July 14, “Modern Images”, in RAIL, number 935, page 37, photo caption

   Antonyms: dehancement

2. countableuncountablemedicineThe 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%).

   2016, Nuzhat A. Ahmad, Management of Pancreatic Diseases