Citations:plethoræ

Noun: plural of

 * 1734, Physical Essays on the Parts of the Human Body; page #371:
 * We obſerve that thoſe who are ſhort‐necked are ſubject to Apoplexies, becauſe in the proportion that the Neck diminiſhes in length, the whole Breaſt augments, and conſequently the Maſs of the Lungs ; but when the Maſs of the Lungs is too conſiderable, there are there formed Plethoræ with greater facility : Theſe Plethoræ interrupt the Circulation in the Head and other Parts, ſince the Blood that comes to the Heart can paſs no more to the Lungs.
 * 1881, Armand Trousseau and Hermann Pidoux, Treatise on Therapeutics, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington; ninth edition, Volume II, Chapter V, § IV, page #86:
 * At the head of these morbid symptoms, as furnishing indications for antiphlogistic treatment, stands general sanguine plethora, and next the local plethoræ; lastly, the hæmorrhages or congestions.