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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
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.
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Source: Wiktionary
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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