Elaboration
Pronunciation : E*lab`o*ra"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. elaboratio: cf. F. ?laboration.]
Definition : 1. The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913