aphaer·e·sis /əˈfɛrəsəs/
a·phaer·e·sis, A·phær·e·sis n. Same as Apheresis. ◄ ►
aphaeresis n : (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' [syn: apheresis]