Elaboration

n.	1.	The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
	2.	(Physiol.) The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues.

Noun	1.	elaboration - addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the idea followed" Synonyms: amplification
	2.	elaboration - the result of improving something; "he described a refinement of this technique" Synonyms: refinement
	3.	elaboration - a discussion that provides additional information Synonyms: enlargement, expansion
	4.	elaboration - marked by elaborately complex detail Synonyms: elaborateness, intricacy, involution
	5.	elaboration - developing in intricate and painstaking detail Synonyms: working out

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