overreplace
English
Etymology
over- + replace
Verb
overreplace (third-person singular simple present overreplaces, present participle overreplacing, simple past and past participle overreplaced)
- To replace in excess
- 1963, John Ervin Jesseph, Henry Nelson Harkins, Geriatric Surgical Emergencies, page 200:
- While it is a common error to overreplace blood losses and to give too great volumes of electrolyte solutions to elderly patients, it is just as common to give too little.
Related terms
- overreplacement