magnification

magnification definition - medical

mag·ni·fi·ca·tion (măgˌnə-fĭ-kāˈshən)

noun
  1. The act of magnifying or the state of being magnified.
  2. Something that has been magnified; an enlarged representation, image, or model.
  3. The ratio of the size of an image to the size of an object.

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