repletion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French repletion, from Latin replētiō, replētiōnem.

Noun

repletion (countable and uncountable, plural repletions)

  1. The condition of being replete.

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Old French

Alternative forms

  • replecion
  • repleciun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin replētiō, replētiōnem.

Noun

repletion f (oblique plural repletions, nominative singular repletion, nominative plural repletions)

  1. repletion (fullness)
  2. (medicine) overabundance; excess
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 204 of this essay:
      il doit fuir grant replecion de viandes et de beuvrage
      he must avoid excess of meat and beverages
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