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apher·e·sis
/əˈfɛrəsəs/
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aphe·re·sis
/ˌæfəˈrɪsəs/
名詞
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
A·pher·e·sis
n.
1.
Gram.
The
dropping
of
a
letter
or
syllable
from
the
beginning
of
a
word
;
e
.
g
.,
cute
for
a
cute.
2.
Surg.
An
operation
by
which
any
part
is
separated
from
the
rest
. [
Obs
.]
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WordNet (r) 2.0
apheresis
n
1: (
linguistics
)
omission
at
the
beginning
of
a
word
as
in
`
coon
'
for
`
raccoon
'
or
`
till
'
for
`
until
' [
syn
:
aphaeresis
]
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
[
syn
:
pheresis
]
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