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APHERESIS

• APHERESIS (noun)
The noun APHERESIS has 2 senses:

1. (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in 'coon' for 'raccoon' or 'till' for 'until'
2. 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

Familiarity information: APHERESIS used as a noun is rare.

• APHERESIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in 'coon' for 'raccoon' or 'till' for 'until'

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

aphaeresis; apheresis

Hypernyms ("apheresis" is a kind of...):

deletion; omission (any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases)

Domain category:

linguistics (the scientific study of language)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

pheresis; apheresis

Hypernyms ("apheresis" is a kind of...):

dialysis (separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "apheresis"):

plasmapheresis (plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor)

plateletpheresis (platelets are separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor)

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