Replecion

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The condition of being filled to excess, especially with food or drink until no more can be taken in
2. A state of having been stuffed or saturated so completely that nothing further can be absorbed
3. Fullness beyond what is comfortable, most often describing a body that has eaten or drunk too much

Etymology: Medieval physicians believed that many illnesses came from an excess of humours, the fluids they thought governed the body. That excess was called repletion, and the sense of being overfull, especially with blood or other humours, gave the term its medical weight. "Replecion" is an older, less standard spelling of the same noun, formed on the Latin verb "replere," "to fill up again," from "re-" and "plere," "to fill." The Latin noun "repletio" passed into English through Old French and Middle English, and the form with "-cion" reflects the French-influenced spelling common in that period. Its usage was mostly confined to learned and medical writing, and it declined as "repletion" and "replete" became the standard forms. Both descendants have kept the basic idea of fullness, though "replete" now usually describes a satisfied stomach or a well-stocked shelf rather than an imbalance of the body.