Enhancer

/ɪnˈhænsər/ noun

Something that improves or increases the quality, value, or extent of something else.

From enhance + -er, where 'enhance' comes from Anglo-Norman enhauncer, from en- 'in' + hancer 'to raise' (from Latin altus 'high'). The term gained scientific specificity in genetics, referring to DNA sequences that boost gene expression.

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