Plethora

['pleθ(ə)rə] or ['plɛθərə]

Definition

(n.) Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of the system when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyperaemia; -- opposed to anaemia.

(n.) State of being overfull; excess; superabundance.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. (Med.) Fulness (of blood), repletion, plenitude.[2]. Superabundance, superfluity, redundance, redundancy, excess, surfeit, more than enough, enough and to spare.

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Definition

n. excessive fullness of blood: over-fullness in any way.—adjs. Plethore′tic Plethor′ic -al afflicted with plethora: superabundant: turgid.—adv. Plethor′ically.

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