Meaning of APHERESIS
Pronunciation: | | u'ferisis
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] 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
- [n] (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
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APHERESIS is a 9 letter word that starts with A. |
| Synonyms: | | aphaeresis, pheresis |
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| See Also: | | deletion, dialysis, omission, plasmapheresis, plateletpheresis | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \A*pher"e*sis\ (?; 277), n. [L. aphaeresis, Gr. ?, fr.
? to take away; ? + ? to take.]
1. (Gram.) The dropping of a letter or syllable from the
beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.
2. (Surg.) An operation by which any part is separated from
the rest. [Obs.] --Dunglison.
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