plethor-, plethysmo- +

(Greek: excess, superabundance, overly full, fullness; increase)


isopleth, isoplethic
Equal in quantity.
plethora, plethory
1. Excess; overabundance; a very large amount or number of something, especially an excess amount.
2. An excess of blood in the circulatory system or in one organ or area; especially in the facial veins, causing a ruddy complexion.
3. Etymology: from about 1541, "excess, superabundance" and a medical word for "excess of body fluid", from Late Latin plethora, from Greek plethore, "fullness" from plethein "to be full".

In our modern times, plethora is more often used in a general, non-medical sense, with the meaning of "excess" or "abundance",

The figurative meaning of "too much, over fullness in any respect" was first recorded in about 1700.

plethoric, plethorically
1. Excessive in quantity; overabundant; excessive in style.
2. Overfull; turgid; inflated: "He made a plethoric, pompous speech."
3. Pertaining to, or characterized by plethora.
4. Marked by an excess of blood.
5. By extension, a red florid complexion: sanguine, sanguineous.
plethysmogram
A record or tracing produced by a plethysmograph (an instrument for measuring changes in volume of a part, or organ, or whole body; usually, resulting from fluctuations in the amount of blood it contains).
plethysmograph
An instrument for determining and registering the variations in the size or volume of a limb; such as, the arm or leg, and therefore the variations in the amount of blood in the limb.
plethysmography
Measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
plethysmometry
Measurement of the fullness of a hollow organ.

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "more, plentiful, fullness, excessive, over flowing": copi-; exuber-; hyper-; multi-; opulen-; ple-; pleio-; poly-; super-; total-; ultra-; undu-.


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