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Plethora

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plethora
An abundance or excess.
plethora
Pathol obsolete a condition caused by dilation of superficial blood vessels, characterized esp by a reddish face
plethora [′pleth·ə·rə]
(medicine)
An excess of blood in an organ or the circulatory system.
Plethora 

an increase in the volume of blood. An increase in the total quantity of blood in the human body is called generalized plethora; localized congestion from blood stasis can also occur in organs, such as the brain or spleen.
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Since the Paris days Hayward had immersed himself in the modern French versifiers, and, such a plethora of poets is there in France, he had several new geniuses to tell Philip about.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
The mind of man can scarce conceive the plethora of carnivorous life in this lost world; and their prey, of course, is even more abundant.
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All this plethora of sight, and feeling, and thought occurred on the instant.
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