Usually means: Excess; more than is needed.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word plethora:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. plethora: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. plethora: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. plethora: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. plethora: Collins English Dictionary
  5. plethora: Vocabulary.com
  6. Plethora, plethora: Wordnik
  7. plethora: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. plethora: Wiktionary
  9. plethora: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. plethora: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. plethora: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. plethora: Dictionary.com
  13. plethora: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. plethora: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Plethora: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Plethora: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. plethora: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. plethora: Rhymezone
  19. plethora: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. plethora: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. plethora: Free Dictionary
  22. plethora: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. plethora: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. plethora: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plethora: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plethora: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. plethora: Medical dictionary
  4. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plethora: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plethora: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See plethoras as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (usually followed by of) An excessive amount or number; an abundance.
noun:  (medicine) Excess of blood in the skin, especially in the face and especially chronically.

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