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Main Entry:  plethora
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  excess; overabundance
Etymology:  Greek 'fullness'

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pleth·o·ra    Audio Help   [pleth-er-uh] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
2.Pathology Archaic. a morbid condition due to excess of red corpuscles in the blood or increase in the quantity of blood.

[Origin: 1535–45; < NL < Gk pléthra fullness]
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pleth·o·ra    Audio Help   (plěth'ər-ə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A superabundance; an excess.
  2. An excess of blood in the circulatory system or in one organ or area.


[Late Latin plēthōra, from Greek, from plēthein, to be full; see pelə-1 in Indo-European roots.]

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plethora 
1541, a medical word for "excess of body fluid," from L.L. plethora, from Gk. plethore "fullness," from plethein "be full" (see poly-). Fig. meaning "too much, overfullness in any respect" is first recorded 1700.

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plethora

noun
extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches" [syn: overplus

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Plethora

Pleth"o*ra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? 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; hyper[ae]mia; -- opposed to an[ae]mia.

2. State of being overfull; excess; superabundance.

He labors under a plethora of wit and imagination. --Jeffrey.
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