APHERESIS

apheresis, pheresis

(noun) 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

aphaeresis, apheresis

(noun) (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in ‘coon’ for ‘raccoon’ or ‘till’ for ‘until’

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

apheresis (countable and uncountable, plural aphereses) (US)

(linguistics, prosody) 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.

Synonyms: pheresis, procope

Hyponym: aphesis

Coordinate term: syncope

(medicine, specific, still current) The removal of blood from a patient, and the removal of certain components (such as platelets) from that blood, followed by the transfusion of the filtered blood back to the donor (patient).

Synonyms: pheresis, hemapheresis

(medicine, general, obsolete) Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood.

Anagrams

• Pharisees

Source: Wiktionary

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A*pher"e*sis, n. Etym: [L. aphaeresis, Gr.

1. (Gram.)

Definition: The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.

2. (Surg.)

Definition: An operation by which any part is separated from the rest. [Obs.] Dunglison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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