repletion

repletion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French repletion, from Latin replētiō, replētiōnem.

Noun

repletion (countable and uncountable, plural repletions)

1. The condition of being replete; fullness.
2. (medicine, archaic) Plethora of the blood.

Translations

the condition of being replete

Irish: lánmhaireacht f Latin: plēnitās f, saturitas f Manx: saieys m, saieid m

Russian: изоби́лие (ru) (izobílije), переполненность (ru) f (perepolnennostʹ) Swedish: överfyllnad

Anagrams

• interlope, let one rip, petroline, retpoline, terpineol

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Old French

Alternative forms

• replecion
• repleciun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin replētiō, replētiōnem.

Noun

repletion f (oblique plural repletions, nominative singular repletion, nominative plural repletions)

1. repletion (fullness)
2. (medicine) overabundance; excess
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 204 of this essay:

     il doit fuir grant replecion de viandes et de beuvrage

     he must avoid excess of meat and beverages