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plethora
/ˈplɛθəɹə/
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What does plethora mean?
noun
- An excessive amount or number; an abundance.
- Excess of blood in the skin, especially in the face and especially chronically.
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He gathered himself together at last, set the gun over the fence, and climbing after it, caught Nancy, who had feasted to plethora on young corn.
There is, for example, a plethora of women poisoners.
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The chief theories have been that of plethora, and the ovulation, the tubal, and the nerve theories.
Astbury says he has seen a case of menstruation by the hemorrhoidal vessels, and instances of relief from plethora by vicarious menstruation in this manner are quite common.