Meanings
verboverreplace (third-person singular simple present overreplaces, present participle overreplacing, simple past and past participle overreplaced)
present singular third person overreplaces · participle present overreplacing · participle past overreplaced · past overreplaced
- To replace in excess
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.
1963, John Ervin Jesseph, Henry Nelson Harkins, Geriatric Surgical Emergencies, →ISBN, page 200
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“overreplace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overreplace. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overreplace,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overreplace.
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