aférese

Portuguese

Etymology

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈfɛ.ɾe.zi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈfɛ.ɾe.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈfɛ.ɾe.ze/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈfɛ.ɾɨ.zɨ/

• Hyphenation: a‧fé‧re‧se

Noun

aférese f (plural aféreses)

1. (phonetics, prosody) apheresis (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word)
2. (medicine) apheresis (removal, filtering and returning of blood)

Further reading

• “aférese”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aférese”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026