Glossary of Medical Terms

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ILLUSTRATE

1. To create clear, bright, or luminous. "Here, when the moon illustrates all the sky." (Chapman) 2. To set in a clear easy; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously. "To prove him, and illustrate his tall worth." (Milton) 3. To create clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples. 4. To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance. 5. To give renown or honor to; to create illustrious; to glorify. "Matter to me of glory, whom their hate Illustrates." (Milton) Origin: L. Illustratus, p.p. Of illustrare to illustrate, fr. Illustris bright. See Illustrious. Source: Websters Vocabulary
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