Overreplace

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    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."

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"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."

Etymology

From over- + replace.

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