[mod.Lat., a. Gr. ἐπιπλήρωσις overfilling, f. ἐπιπληρόειν, f. ἐπί + πληρόειν, f. πλήρης full.] (See quot.)

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1847.  Craig, Epiplerosis, in Pathology, overfilling, extensive distension, as of the veins or arteries with blood.

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