English dictionary
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English noun: apheresis | |||
| 1. | apheresis (process) (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' | ||
| Synonyms | aphaeresis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deletion, omission | ||
| Domain category | linguistics | ||
| 2. | apheresis (act) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | pheresis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dialysis | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | plasmapheresis, plateletpheresis | ||
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