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repleteness

repleteness

9.9
Too much blood or fluid in the body once thought to cause illness
  • noun
  • /rɪˈpliːtnəs/
  • Archaic
translation icon : repleción
  • The physician warned that repleteness could lead to headaches and other discomforts.

Examples

  • The doctor noted the patient's repleteness during the examination.

  • The patient's repleteness was concerning to the medical staff.

  • Victorian doctors often attributed illness to an imbalance or repleteness of bodily humours.

  • In historical texts, repleteness is sometimes mentioned as a cause of disease.

  • The physician warned that repleteness could lead to headaches and other discomforts.

  • In historical texts, repleteness is sometimes mentioned as a cause of disease.

  • Victorian doctors often attributed illness to an imbalance or repleteness of bodily humours.

Synonyms

fullness
vsrepleteness
7 2.7

A state in which something has as much inside as it can hold

refers specifically to excess inside the body, especially blood or fluids
repletion
vsrepleteness
1 9.0

A feeling of being too full after eating or drinking

focuses on internal excess of blood or bodily fluids in a medical context
engorgement
vsrepleteness
9.1

A feeling of being very full and uncomfortable after eating too much

describes internal overabundance of fluids not overeating as the cause
profuseness
vsrepleteness
8.0

A very large amount of something, like many flowers or details

applies to bodily overabundance in a medical or physical sense
overmuchness
vsrepleteness
  • Archaic
9.9

A state of being more than is needed or wanted

focuses on excess of bodily substances rather than general inappropriate excess

Antonyms

deficiency
98 4.5

Not having enough of something that is needed

emptiness
14 3.6

A space or place that has nothing in it

How Full

engorgement
  • Specialized
1 9.1
repleteness
  • Archaic
9.9
fullness
7 2.7

Surface Forms

repleteness singular
repletenesses plural

Morphology

repleteness = replete (semi-transparent) = replete + ness

Formally a nominalization of 'replete', but the sense here is a historical/specialized medical meaning ('excessive bodily fullness') that is not obvious to average learners from the base meaning alone.

Etymology

Repleteness also comes from re- 'again' and plere 'to fill' and this gives a clear picture for the old medical use: doctors once thought the body could be overfilled with blood or fluids like an overfull cup, so repleteness meant an unhealthy or excessive fullness in the body.