enhancer meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

enhancer

noun

UK /ɪnˈhɑːnsə/ · US /ɪnˈhænsɚ/

Etymology From enhance + -er.

Something that enhances.

Mucuna pruriens' Latin name may be thought to suggest its predilection, but actually means itchy. Nonetheless, one can easily find it being sold in capsules as a sex enhancer. It has actually been used as such in Ayurvedic medicine for centuries.2007, Ken Albala, Beans: A History, page 95:

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences A short region of DNA that can increase transcription of genes.

Derived terms: bioenhancer, enhancerless, enhancer RNA, flavor enhancer, immunoenhancer, memory enhancer, nanoenhancer, neuroenhancer, pharmacoenhancer, photoenhancer, superenhancer