APHERESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apheresis mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APHERESIS (noun)

Sense 1

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 or words are left out of spoken words or phrases)

Domain category:

linguistics (the scientific study of language)

Derivation:

apheretic (relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis)

Sense 2

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:

apheresis; pheresis

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)

Derivation:

apheretic (relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis)

 Context examples 

Also called apheresis.

(Pheresis, NCI Dictionary)