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Related Terms:
syllable
pheresis
erythrocytapheresis
plateletpheresis
photopheresis
procope
loss
platelet
letter
blood
component
elision
word
donor
apheresed
patient
suppression
transfusion
beginning
removal
Definitions:
Noun
aphaeresis
apheresis
Definition: (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
apheresis
pheresis
Definition: 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
Definition: Elision, suppression, or complete loss of a letter or sound (syllable) from the beginning of a word, such as the development of special from especial; procope.