overreplace

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ replace.

Verb

overreplace (third-person singular simple present overreplaces, present participle overreplacing, simple past and past participle overreplaced)

1. To replace in excess
   • 1963, John Ervin Jesseph, Henry Nelson Harkins, Geriatric Surgical Emergencies, →ISBN, page 200:

     While it is a common error to overreplace blood losses and to give too great volumes of electrolyte solutions to elderly patients, it is just as common to give too little.

Related terms

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