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Medical Term:

expansion

Pronunciation: eks-pan′shŭn

Definition:

  1. An increase in size as of chest or lungs.
  2. The spreading out of any structure (a tendon)).
  3. An expanse; a wide area.

[L. ex-pando, pp. -pansus, to spread out]

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