apheresis

== English == === Alternative forms === aphaeresis (UK, Canada) aphæresis (chiefly archaic) === Etymology === From Latin aphaeresis, from Ancient Greek ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis, “a taking away”), from ἀφαιρέω (aphairéō) (from ἀφ- (aph-), variant of ἀπό (apó, “off, away from”) before an aspirated vowel) + αἱρέω (hairéō, “to take; to snatch”)) + -σις (-sis, suffix forming nouns of action); the grammatical sense developed in Latin. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: əfîʹrĭsĭs, IPA(key): /əˈfɪəɹɪsɪs/, (US) IPA(key): /əˈfɛɹəsɪs/ (linguistics) (US) IPA(key): /ˌæfəˈɹisɪs/ (medicine) === Noun === apheresis (countable and uncountable, plural aphereses) (US, Canada) (phonetics, linguistics, prosody, rhetoric) 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. Synonyms: pheresis, procope Hyponym: aphesis Coordinate terms: syncope, apocope, elision, clipping, abbreviation, aphesis (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). Synonyms: pheresis, hemapheresis Coordinate term: plasmapheresis (medicine, general, obsolete) Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood. Hyponym: bloodletting ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Apheresis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Apheresis (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Pharisees