Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PLETH'O-RA
PLETH'O-RA, n. [Gr. πληθωρα, from πληθος, 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. – Coxe. Parr. Encyc.
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