the omission of a letter or syllable at the beginning of a word
2.
a method of collecting blood from donors that enables its different components, such as the platelets or plasma, to be separated out
Also informally called: pheresis
Derived forms
apheretic or aphaeretic (ˌæfəˈrɛtɪk)
adjective
Word origin
C17: via Late Latin from Greek, from aphairein to remove
Examples of 'aphaeresis' in a sentence
aphaeresis
The lexical variation indicates the following linguistic phenomena: onomatiology, aphaeresis, syncope, epenthesis, prothesis, and metathesis.
Herawati A. Paduai 2014, 'Inovasi Fonologis dan Variasi Leksikal dalam Bahasa Bugis Dialek Sinjai', Parole: Journal of Linguistics and Educationhttp://ejournal.undip.ac.id/index.php/parole/article/view/5505. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Switching from low-density lipoprotein aphaeresis to plasma filtration did not result in an equivalent control of renal damage.
Riccardo Magistroni, Marco Bertolotti, Luciana Furci, Rita Adriana Fano, Marco Leonelli,Livia Pisciotta, Elisa Pellegrini, Laura Calabresi, Stefano Bertolini, SebastianoCalandra 2013, 'Lipoprotein Glomerulopathy Associated with a Mutation in Apolipoprotein E', Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reportshttps://doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S12209. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)