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Webster 1913 Edition

Plethora

Pleth′o-ra

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to be or become full. Cf.
Pleonasm
.]
1.
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; hyperæmia; – opposed to anæmia.
2.
State of being overfull; excess; superabundance.
He labors under a
plethora
of wit and imagination.
Jeffrey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Plethora

PLETH'ORA

,
Noun.
[Gr. fullness.] Literally, fullness.
In medicine, fullness of blood; excess of blood; repletion; the state of the vessels of the human body, when they are too full or overloaded with fluids.

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