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fab⋅ri⋅ca⋅tion

[fab-ri-key-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.
2. something fabricated, esp. an untruthful statement: His account of the robbery is a complete fabrication.

Origin:
1475–1500; < L fabricātiōn- (s. of fabricātiō). See fabricate, -ion


2. See fiction.
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fab·ri·cate   (fāb'rĭ-kāt')   
tr.v.   fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates
  1. To make; create.

  2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: fabricate small boats.

  3. To concoct in order to deceive: fabricated an excuse.


[Middle English fabricaten, from Latin fabricārī, fabricāt-, to make, from fabrica, craft; see fabric.]
fab'ri·ca'tion n., fab'ri·ca'tor n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: fab·ri·ca·tion
Pronunciation: "fab-ri-'kA-sh&n
Function: noun
: CONFABULATION
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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