enhancement

• inhancement (obsolete)

enhance +‎ -ment

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈhɑːns.mənt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈhæns.mənt/, /ɛnˈhæns.mənt/

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enhancement (countable and uncountable, plural enhancements)

1. An improvement or supplement that tends to increase a sense of esteem.

   Antonym: dehancement

   The original product, with its simplistic design, has undergone many enhancements over the years.

   • 2021 July 14, “Modern Images”, in RAIL, number 935, page 37, photo caption:

     Dawn mist rolling off the adjacent North Downs creates a sepia effect over the river with no need for digital enhancement.

2. (radiology) The degree to which the image of a scan stands out as a bright area.
   • 2016, Nuzhat A. Ahmad, Management of Pancreatic Diseases:

     The enhancement characteristics of a PNET on CT may also have prognostic value, as lesions that hypoenhance on CT scan tend to have worse overall survival than lesions that are isoenhancing or hyperenhancing (5-year survival 54% vs 89% vs 93%).