apheresis
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From Latin aphaeresis, from Ancient Greek ἀφαίρεσις (aphairesis, “a taking away”).
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Wikipedia apheresis (plural aphereses)
- (medicine) The removal of blood from a patient in order that certain components (such as platelets) may be removed before transfusion back to the donor.
- (linguistics, prosody) The loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word, such as the development of special from especial.
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- (medicine): pheresis, hemapheresis
- (linguistics): prosiopesis
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- (linguistics, prosody): aphesis
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loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word
