repletion

English

Etymology

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

Noun

repletion (countable and uncountable, plural repletions)

The condition of being replete; fullness.
(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

Old French

Alternative forms

replecion
repleciun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin replētiō, replētiōnem.

Noun

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

repletion (fullness)
(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

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