apheresis

a·pher·e·sis

 (ə-fĕr′ĭ-sĭs)

n.

1. Linguistics Variant of aphaeresis.

2. aph·e·re·sis (ăf′ə-rē′sĭs) Medicine A procedure in which blood is drawn from a donor and separated into its components, some of which are retained, such as plasma or platelets, and the remainder returned by transfusion to the donor. Also called hemapheresis.

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apheresis

(əˈfɪərɪsɪs) or

aphaeresis

n

1. (Linguistics) the omission of a letter or syllable at the beginning of a word

2. (Medicine) a method of collecting blood from donors that enables its different components, such as the platelets or plasma, to be separated out

Also informally called: pheresis

[C17: via Late Latin from Greek, from aphairein to remove]

apheretic, aphaeretic adj

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a•pher•e•sis

or a•phaer•e•sis

(əˈfɛr ə sɪs)

n.

the loss or omission of one or more letters or sounds at the beginning of a word, as in squire for esquire or count for account.

[1605–15; < Late Latin aphaeresis < Greek aphaíresis removal]

aph•e•ret•ic (ˌæf əˈrɛt ɪk) adj.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	apheresis - (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' aphaeresis linguistics - the scientific study of language deletion, omission - any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
	2.	apheresis - a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion pheresis dialysis - separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes plasmapheresis - plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor plateletpheresis - platelets are separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor

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Translations

aféresis

aphérèse

afareza

aférese

apheresis

n aféresis f

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