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full-blown

  [fool-blohn]
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–adjective
1. fully or completely developed: full-blown AIDS; an idea expanded into a full-blown novel.
2. in full bloom: a full-blown rose.
Origin:
1605–15
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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full-blown   (fŏŏl'blōn')
adj.  

  1. Having blossomed or opened completely: full-blown roses.

  2. Fully developed or matured.

  3. Having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness: a full-blown financial crisis.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: full–blown
Function: adjective
: fully developed : being in its most extreme or serious form : possessing or exhibiting thecharacteristic symptoms full–blown cold> <full–blown high blood pressure> full–blown AIDS but who did exhibit mildsigns of HIV infection —Kathy A. Fackelmann>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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