apheresis

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Synonyms: aphaeresis, pheresis, aphoresis, aphereses, aporesis, athetesis, aphesis, atherosis, apheretic, phoresis, -phoresis

Antonyms: aphaeresis, pheresis, aphoresis, aphereses, aporesis, athetesis, aphesis, atherosis, apheretic, phoresis, -phoresis

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|loss of sound or letter at start of word}} {{lb|en|phonetics|linguistics|prosody|rhetoric}} [[elision|Elision]], [[suppression]], or complete [[loss]] of a [[letter]] or sound ([[syllable]]) from the [[beginning]] of a [[word]], such as the development of {{m|en||special}} from {{m|en||especial}}.<ref name="OED"/>
2. {{senseid|en|blood filtering with return to same patient}} {{lb|en|medicine|specific|still current}} The [[removal]] of [[blood]] from a [[patient]], and the removal of certain [[component]]s (such as [[platelet]]s) from that blood, followed by the [[transfusion]] of the filtered blood back to the [[donor]] (patient).
3. {{lb|en|medicine|general|obsolete}} [[extirpation|Extirpation]] or [[extraction]] of a [[superfluity]] (especially a [[pathological]] one) from the [[body]], especially [[blood]].

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