plethora

Definitions


[ˈplɛθ(ə)rə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large or excessive amount of something
(e.g: a plethora of committees and subcommittees)

- an excess of a bodily fluid, particularly blood


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Origin:
mid 16th century (in the medical sense): via late Latin from Greek plēthōrē, from plēthein ‘be full’




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