apheresis
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- IPA /əˈfɪəɹɪsɪs/
Noun
apheresis noun
- 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; procope.
- (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).
- (general) Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood.
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hemapheresispheresisprocopeaphaeresisldlelisionecthlipsissyneresissynaeresisomissionsynalephesynalephaaphthongsynæresissynairesisepithesisapostrophationunlettering
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