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 apher·e·sis /əˈfɛrəsəs/

 aphe·re·sis /ˌæfəˈrɪsəs/ 名詞

 A·pher·e·sis n.
 1. Gram. The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.
 2. Surg. An operation by which any part is separated from the rest. [Obs.]
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 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]