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 Definitions of plethora  [ˈplɛθ ər ə]  

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Definition of 'plethora' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) plethora
overabundance; excess.

2.  plethora
a morbid condition due to excess of red corpuscles in the blood or increase in the quantity of blood.

Etymology:  (1535–45; < NL < Gk plēthṒra fullness)

Definition of 'plethora' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment
extreme excess
"an embarrassment of riches"


Definition of 'plethora' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) plethora
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; hyperaemia; -- opposed to anaemia

2. (noun) plethora
state of being overfull; excess; superabundance



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