| diminish | 1. To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; opposed to augment or increase. "Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt." (Barrow) 2. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken. "This doth nothing diminish their opinion." (Robynson (More's Utopia)) "I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations." (Ezek. Xxix. 15) "O thou . . . at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads." (Milton) 3. To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh. 4. To take away; to subtract. "Neither shall ye diminish aught from it." (Deut. Iv. 2) Diminished column, one whose upper diameter is less than the lower. Diminished, or Diminishing, scale, a scale of gradation used in finding the different points for drawing the spiral curve of the volute. Diminishing rule, a stile which is narrower in one part than in another, as in many glazed doors. Synonym: To decrease, lessen, abate, reduce, contract, curtail, impair, degrade. See Decrease. Origin: Pref. Di- (= L. Dis-) + minish: cf. L. Diminuere, F. Diminuer, OE. Diminuen. See Dis-, and Minish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| diminished breath sound |
A soft, decreased, or distant vesicular lung sound as heard through a stethoscope. ETIOLOGY: Diminished breath sounds are common in patients with poor respiratory effort, splinting, emphysema,
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| diminish | decrease in size, extent, or range |
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| diminish | lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of |
| diminish | (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use |
| diminish | made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth) |
| diminish | (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval |
| diminish | impaired by diminution |
| diminish | an arch whose height is less than half its width |
| diminish | becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so |
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