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Webster 1913 Edition
Apheresis
A-pher′e-sis
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[L.
aphaeresis
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to take away; [GREEK] + [GREEK] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Apheresis
APHERE'SIS
,Noun.
1.
The taking of a litter or syllable from the beginning of a word. Thus by an apheresis, omittere is writter, mittere.2.
In the healing art, the removal of any thing noxious. In surgery, amputation.Definition 2024
apheresis
apheresis
English
Alternative forms
- aphaeresis (UK, Canada)
- aphæresis (archaic)
Noun
apheresis (plural aphereses) (US, Canada)
- (linguistics, prosody)[1]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.[1]
- (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).
- (medicine, general, obsolete)[1]Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood.
Synonyms
- (medicine): pheresis, hemapheresis
- (linguistics): prosiopesis
Hyponyms
- (linguistics, prosody): aphesis
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Translations
loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word