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apheresis

ap·he·re·sis

UK/əˈfɪəɹɪsɪs/ US/əˈfɛɹəsɪs/ uncommon obsolete us

noun

1.

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

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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

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Origin

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.

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