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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•phaer•e•sis (ə fer′ə sis),USA pronunciation n. - Medicine, Linguisticsapheresis.
aph•ae•ret•ic (af′ə ret′ik),USA pronunciation adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: aphaeresis /əˈfɪərɪsɪs/ n - a variant spelling of apheresis
aphaeretic /ˌæfəˈrɛtɪk/ adj a•pher•e•sis (ə fer′ə sis for 1; af′ə rē′sis for 2),USA pronunciation n. - LinguisticsAlso, aphaeresis. the loss or omission of one or more letters or sounds at the beginning of a word, as in squire for esquire, or count for account.
- Medicinethe withdrawal of whole blood from the body, separation of one or more components, and return by transfusion of remaining blood to the donor.
- Greek aphaíresis a taking away, equivalent to aphairé(în) to take away (ap- ap-2 + haireîn to snatch) + -sis -sis
- Late Latin aphaeresis
- 1605–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: apheresis, aphaeresis /əˈfɪərɪsɪs/ n - the omission of a letter or syllable at the beginning of a word
- a method of collecting blood from donors that enables its different components, such as the platelets or plasma, to be separated out
Etymology: 17th Century: via Late Latin from Greek, from aphairein to remove |