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 * ====circumtropical====

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 * ====plethora====

====  plethora  |ˈpleθərə|     noun ( a plethora of )   an excess of (something) // : a plethora of committees and subcommittees.//   • Medicine an excess of a bodily fluid, particularly blood. DERIVATIVES plethoric  |ˈpleθərik; pləˈθôrik|  adjective ( archaic or Medicine ). ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the medical sense): via late Latin from Greek //plēthōrē//, from //plēthein// //‘be full.’//  ====

> >  consumption  |kənˈsəm(p) sh ən|     noun   1 the using up of a resource // : industrialized countries should reduce their energy consumption.//   • the eating, drinking, or ingesting of something // : liquor is sold for consumption off the premises.// • an amount of something that is used up or ingested // : a daily consumption of 15 cigarettes.// • the purchase and use of goods and services by the public // : an article for mass consumption.// • the reception of information or entertainment, esp. by a mass audience // : his confidential speech was not meant for public consumption.//   2 dated a wasting disease, esp. pulmonary tuberculosis. ORIGIN late Middle English  : from Latin //consumptio(n-)//, from the verb //consumere// (see   consume   ).
 * consumption

=Symposium=

symposium |simˈpōzēəm| noun ( pl. -sia |-zēə| or -siums ) a conference or meeting to discuss a particular subject. • a collection of essays or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors. • a drinking party or convivial discussion, esp. as held in ancient Greece after a banquet (and notable as the title of a work by Plato). ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting a drinking party): via Latin from Greek sumposion, from sumpotēs ‘fellow drinker,’ from sun- ‘together’ + potēs ‘drinker.’