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• n  the amount by which something increases
• n  the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original)
• n  the act of augmenting

• At the gleaming Bumrungrad Hospital, well-heeled foreigners pay around $6,000 for the works, including breast augmentation and Adam's apple shaving.
• But elaborate procedures that require patients to go under the knife liposuction, breast augmentation, nose jobs are becoming less popular.
• If we track the trend in searches on topics such as "breast augmentation," "breast implants" or even "plastic surgery," there has been a precipitous decline in all plastic surgery .

• diminution

News & Articles

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• MEDICAL SCHOOL: $15 million in budget package
  Budget writers take out augmentation and earmark $15 million of UC’s additional $125 million to the UC Riverside school
  June 12, 2013 - The Press-Enterprise
• Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeons Comment on Recent Breast Augmentation Study
  La Peer plastic surgeons comment on findings of a new study: 98 percent of women who undergo breast augmentation surgery are happy with their results. (PRWeb June 10, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10810370.htm
  June 10, 2013 - PRWeb
• Orange County Breast Augmentation Interactive Software Announced by Cruise Plastic Surgery
  A new breast augmentation consultation tool is now available at Cruise Plastic Surgery. Cruise Plastic Surgery is a leading Orange County breast augmentation center. (PRWeb June 06, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Orange-County/Breast-Augmentation/prweb10797549.htm
  June 6, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Pranab Mukherjee in Reuters India
  Significant augmentation in the strength of the paramilitary forces is being done. This calls for more investment in creating the necessary infrastructure,Mukherjee said.
• Dr Robert Rey in TheShowBuzz
  Breast augmentation, one of the most popular procedures we do here in Hollywood, can have a risk of infection, bleeding, all kinds of things that can go wrong, but luckily, the risks are low,says Dr. Robert Rey of "Dr. 90210."
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn in Reuters
  The emergency financing would be provided as an augmentation to the existing IMF-supported arrangement with Haiti,IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said, adding the funding had to first be approved by the IMF board.