(v. t.) To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house.
(v. t.) To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind.
(v. t.) To set at large or set free.
(v. i.) To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; as, a plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction.
(v. i.) To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.
(v. i.) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.
Example Sentences:
(1) In patients with coronary artery disease, electrocardiographic signs of left atrial enlargement (LAE-negative P wave deflection greater than or equal to 1 mm2 in lead V1) are associated with increased left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP).
(2) In addition to the aqueduct other associated inner ear anomalies have been identified in 60% of this population including: enlarged vestibule (14); enlarged vestibule and lateral semicircular canal (7); enlarged vestibule and hypoplastic cochlea (4); and hypoplastic cochlea (4).
(3) In high concentrations of antiserum, some of the agglutinated cells of L. h. hertigi were enlarged and showed syncytial characters that included up to five nuclei, two dividing nuclei and five basal bodies associated with a single kinetoplast.
(4) During the 20-year period, the number of children with the enlarged thyroid was found to be 1.5-fold as increased.
(5) Patients with MID, but not those with DAT, exhibited correlations between enlargement of the third and lateral ventricles and severity of cognitive impairment.
(6) Electron microscopy revealed a well-developed rough endoplasmic reticulum, an enlarged Golgi apparatus and many highly electron-dense secretory granules resembling those of Clara cells.
(7) Emergency CT showed evidence of pericardial effusion suggesting hemopericardium, enlargement of the ascending aorta and a peripheral semilunar filling defect which caused a slight deformation of the true channel.
(8) Liver enlargement occurred in the intact male with acetophenetidin (1.0%) but not with the N-butyryl- and thiophenol derivatives fed at 1.0 and 0.50%, respectively.
(9) These cells are characterized by enlarged nuclei which are significantly larger than those in MGCs of the Langhans type.
(10) Restriction of feed intake to 40% of normal attenuated the increases in lung weight and lavage protein concentration in MCTP-treated rats and abolished the right ventricular enlargement but did not affect the increased lavage LDH activity.
(11) In chronic active hepatitis and liver cirrhosis, both carbohydrate antigen 19-9 positive biliary ductular cells and factor VIII-related antigen positive endothelial cells were not only observed in the enlarged portal area but also extended into the parenchyma.
(12) The “100% Australian-made” text on packaging has been enlarged to appeal to customer patriotism.
(13) Hyperprolactinemia, hypogonadotropinism, and subnormal plasma testosterone were found in a 65-year-old patient who had an enlarged sella turcica, complained of fatigue, and addmitted to decreased sexual interest and potency.
(14) The observed clinical findings include scarring of the face and hands (83.7%), hyperpigmentation (65%), hypertrichosis (44.8%), pinched facies (40.1%), painless arthritis (70.2%), small hands (66.6%), sensory shading (60.6%), myotonia (37.9%), cogwheeling (41.9%), enlarged thyroid (34.9%), and enlarged liver (4.8%).
(15) Obstetrician-gynecologists must place lymphocytic adenohypophysitis in the differential diagnosis of pituitary enlargement associated with pregnancy, since treatment is available and the sequelae may be life-threatening.
(16) Some of these vacuoles had remnants of mitochondrial cristae or were enlarged endoplasmic reticulum.
(17) In all dosage groups of the 90-day study special histological methods revealed a dose-dependent increase and enlargement of lysosomes in the epithelia of the proximal renal tubules.
(18) The more enlarged lateral ventricles were ipsilateral with the affected visual pathways.
(19) In the transition from proliferating to hypertrophic cell zones in the growth plate, there is an increased in chondrocyte cell volume and a corresponding decrease in collagen content to allow for cell enlargement.
(20) An enlargement of the epidermal proliferative compartment has been noticed.
Spacious
Definition:
(n.) Extending far and wide; vast in extent.
(n.) Inclosing an extended space; having large or ample room; not contracted or narrow; capacious; roomy; as, spacious bounds; a spacious church; a spacious hall.
Example Sentences:
(1) Scheveningen's prison's spacious, individual cells and family rooms for visits may soon seem luxurious in comparison with the cold comfort of life behind bars in England.
(2) Kerstine Appunn and her boyfriend took three and a half months to land a spacious two-bedroomed flat in Prenzlauer Berg, one of Berlin’s pricier inner-city districts, where organic cafes populate the pretty, tree-lined streets.
(3) Judgments were made on eight separate sound quality dimensions (brightness, clarity, fullness, loudness, nearness, overall impression, smoothness, and spaciousness) for each of the three stimuli in three listening environments.
(4) The barn where we ate and did classes was more than spacious enough for our group of 10, with underfloor heating and two wood burners making it feel positively tropical in December.
(5) Then there are lighter-than-air airships – at present only niche players, but in the eyes of some, aviation's best long-term bet, capable of offering spacious facilities, comfort and train-like speeds for the leisure and business travel market of the future.
(6) There are two large glands, "Paraproctic glands" according to Schaffer (1940), whose spacious cavity is bounded by a secretory epithelium.
(7) If the lifts work, the flats are spacious and there are trees and places to play, such rented accommodation would benefit every city.
(8) A technique to reconstruct totally contracted sockets forms spacious, deep ocular fornices to accommodate ocular prostheses.
(9) Floor-to-ceiling windows offer sublime views of the vast fjord, with Wi-Fi, spacious hot showers and a black stone bathroom scoring extra luxury points.
(10) While many, particularly older Albanians, are unconcerned about the gradual obliteration of the concrete reminders of a brutal, highly militarised regime, others believe the igloo-shaped pillboxes and spacious underground shelters should remain.
(11) But it won out, Abeed said, thanks to its spacious rooms, waterside position and good view.
(12) Two new and vast mansions sit on distant hilltops, and a neighbourhood of spacious, colonial-style homes is spreading in all directions, all apparently reserved for the military elite.
(13) Anterior and posterior distribution of the flaps makes it possible to recreate a spacious single cavity.
(14) From an analysis of the phenotypes of these patients and others reported with 10q trisomy, we propose that the trisomy 10q 24-26 syndrome includes: growth and mental retardation, a characteristic facies (microcephaly, flat face with spacious forehead, small nose, depressed nasal bridge, arched wide-spaced eyebrows, blepharophimosis, microphthalmia, low-set ears, bow-shaped mouth with prominent upper lip, micrognathia), palate anomalies (high-arched cleft or agenesis), congenital heart disease, and anomalies of the hands and feet.
(15) The lifting work was approximately 50% less in the modern ward, which has easily maneuvered electric overhead hoists, spacious premises and better work organization than in the traditional ward, even though the patient handling needs were equivalent.
(16) As residents, we want to stay here because we love our well-designed, bright and spacious homes.
(17) The striving for spaciousness in residential areas and the creation of a "summer city" or "garden city" image or a "family-centred way of life" may lead to unexpected problems and have a variety of social consequences.
(18) Photograph: Alamy Where to stay Archondissa Set in its own, lovely, gardens, and right by the beach on the edge of the village of Therma, these apartments are spacious and well furnished.
(19) Rooms are spacious, with some offering river views, and the Eat & Sleep package (from $155) provides $20pp to spend on food and drink at the hotel.
(20) Behind the austere facade of the spacious Hefei intermediate people's court, the courtroom is too cramped for foreign media to watch as Gu, 53, and family employee Zhang Xiaojun, 33, stand trial, officials insist.