| augmentation | 1. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase. 2. The state of being augmented; enlargement. 3. The thing added by way of enlargement. 4. A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. 5. <medicine> The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing. 6. In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length. Augmentation court, a court erected by Stat. 27 Hen. VIII, to augment to revenues of the crown by the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved. Synonym: Increase, enlargement, growth, extension, accession, addition. Origin: LL. Augmentatio: cf. F. Augmentation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| augmentation graft | A graft of material used to increase the size, shape, or volume of a structure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| augmentation mammaplasty | Plastic surgery to enlarge the breast, often by insertion of an implant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| augmented histamine test | A test for maximal production of gastric acidity or anacidity; after preliminary administration of an antihistamine, histamine acid phosphate is injected subcutaneously in a dose of 0.04 mg/kg of body weight, followed by analysis of gastric contents. Synonym: augmented histamine test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| augmented lead | Electrocardiogram recorded between one limb and two other limbs. The augmented lead are designated aVF, aVL, and aVR for recordings made between the foot (left), left arm, and right arm, respectively, and the other two limbs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| augmentor fibres | Postganglionic sympathetic nerve fibre's originating in the superior, middle, and inferior cervical ganglia of the sympathetic trunk, conveying nervous impulses to the heart that increase the rapidity and force of the cardiac pulsations. Synonym: augmentor fibres. (05 Mar 2000) |
| augmentor nerves | Segments of the visceral branches arising from the superior, middle, and inferior (stellate) cervical ganglia; they are part of the cardiopulmonary splanchnic nerves. Synonym: augmentor nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |