Definition of Repletion

1. Noun. The state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more.

Exact synonyms: Satiation, Satiety
Generic synonyms: Fullness

2. Noun. Eating until excessively full.
Exact synonyms: Surfeit
Generic synonyms: Eating, Feeding
Derivative terms: Replete, Surfeit, Surfeit

Definition of Repletion

1. n. The state of being replete; superabundant fullness.

Definition of Repletion

1. Noun. the condition of being replete ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Repletion

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Repletion

1. 1. The state of being replete; superabundant fullness. "The tree had too much repletion, and was oppressed with its own sap." (Bacon) "Replecioun [overeating] ne made her never sick." (Chaucer) 2. Fullness of blood; plethora. Origin: L. Repletio a filling up: cf. F. Repletion. See Replete. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Repletion

replenisher
replenishers
replenishes
replenishing
replenishment
replenishments
replenisht
replete
replete(p)
repleted
repletely
repleteness
repletenesses
repletes
repleting
repletion
repletions
repletive
repletory
repleviable
replevied
replevies
replevin
replevined
replevinger
replevingers
replevining
replevins
replevisable
replevy

Literary usage of Repletion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pathological Physiology of Internal Diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"Possibly the sense of repletion that develops during the course of a meal is due in part to an increase in the intra-abdominal or the intra- gastric ..."

2. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Gastric Sensations Appetite, Hunger and Repletion In a normal individual the only sensations ordinarily referable to the stomach are the sensations of ..."

3. Functional Pathology of Internal Diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"Gastric Sensations Appetite, Hunger and Repletion In a normal individual the only sensations ordinarily referable to the stomach are the sensations of ..."

4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... affluence, fullness, repletion, free- ness, luxuriance, opulence, wealth, richness, prodigality, generosity, ..."

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