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Pletho Encyclopedia Britannica

PLETHO. See Gemistus.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 19, p. 222
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Plethora [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Literally, fullness.

2. 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.

Plethora [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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; hyperaemia; -- opposed to anaemia.

2. State of being overfull; excess; superabundance.

Plethoretic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Plethoric.

Plethoric [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having a full habit of body, or the vessels overcharged with fluids.

Plethoric [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Haeving a full habit of body; characterized by plethora or excess of blood; as, a plethoric constitution; -- used also metaphorically.

Plethorical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Plethoric.

Plethory [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

PLETH'ORY . [ See Plethora .]

Plethory [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Plethora.