Meanings
plural enhancers
- Something that enhances.
Mucuna pruriens' Latin name may be thought to suggest its predilection, but actually means itchy. Nonetheless, one can easily find it being sold in capsules as a sex enhancer. It has actually been used as such in Ayurvedic medicine for centuries.
2007, Ken Albala, Beans: A History, page 95 - biologyA short region of DNA that can increase transcription of genes.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounanything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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