Overreplacement
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Overreplacement is a noun meaning The state wherein a substance, having previously been reduced or removed, has or is being replaced by re-adding it, but overly so, resulting in more of the substance than normal.
Meaning
The state wherein a substance, having previously been reduced or removed, has or is being replaced by re-adding it, but overly so, resulting in more of the substance than normal.
Example Sentences
... liberal replacement or overreplacement with blood and plasma preoperatively and operatively has made obsolete the use of vasopressors, which in the past .
Word Forms
- overreplacements
Antonyms for overreplacement
Common opposites include underreplacement.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include underreplacement, oversubstitution, supplanting, redisplacement, surrogation, replacee.
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