repletion
noun
re·ple·tion
ri-ˈplē-shən 
1
: the act of eating to excess : the state of being fed to excess : surfeit
2
: the condition of being filled up or overcrowded
3
: fulfillment of a need or desire : satisfaction
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The Endocrine Society notes that most adults over the age of 50 can benefit from 2,000 IU as a maintenance dose, but some people may need more for short-term repletion.
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Sarah Anzlovar, Ms, Rd, Verywell Health, 18 June 2024
Continuity is constancy over time—repletion, cycles of contact and meaning that continue beyond a quick one-time contact.
—Tracy Brower, Forbes, 7 May 2023
In particular, though there wasn’t an overall difference in blood quality for transfusion, the researchers did find that the quality of blood from women younger than 50 years of age improved following iron repletion, which was not observed in blood donated from women over 50 or from men.
—Brittany Trang, STAT, 21 Sep. 2022
Besides the need for more research about iron repletion in blood from younger women, Hod and the other study authors said more research needs to be done about whether the results of this study extend to teenagers.
—Brittany Trang, STAT, 21 Sep. 2022
Most everything was timed to a training and carbo depletion phase, then a repletion phase.
—Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2020
Before his big Frankfurt Marathon effort last fall, Hughes followed the old-fashioned, extreme depletion-and-repletion system of carbo-loading.
—Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 1 May 2020
In certain conditions, IV repletion of these vitamins and minerals can boost the levels in the body more rapidly.
—NBC News, 5 Feb. 2018
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Sarah Anzlovar, Ms, Rd, Verywell Health, 18 June 2024
Continuity is constancy over time—repletion, cycles of contact and meaning that continue beyond a quick one-time contact.
—Tracy Brower, Forbes, 7 May 2023
In particular, though there wasn’t an overall difference in blood quality for transfusion, the researchers did find that the quality of blood from women younger than 50 years of age improved following iron repletion, which was not observed in blood donated from women over 50 or from men.
—Brittany Trang, STAT, 21 Sep. 2022
Besides the need for more research about iron repletion in blood from younger women, Hod and the other study authors said more research needs to be done about whether the results of this study extend to teenagers.
—Brittany Trang, STAT, 21 Sep. 2022
Most everything was timed to a training and carbo depletion phase, then a repletion phase.
—Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2020
Before his big Frankfurt Marathon effort last fall, Hughes followed the old-fashioned, extreme depletion-and-repletion system of carbo-loading.
—Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 1 May 2020
In certain conditions, IV repletion of these vitamins and minerals can boost the levels in the body more rapidly.
—NBC News, 5 Feb. 2018
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repletion
noun
re·ple·tion
ri-ˈplē-shən
1
: the act of eating too much : the state of being fed too much
made sick by repletion
2
: fulfillment of a need or desire : satisfaction
Medical Definition
repletion
noun
re·ple·tion
ri-ˈplē-shən
: the act or process of replenishing or state of being replenished following depletion (as of a constituent of the blood)
sodium repletion
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