apheresis

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsaphaeresis

   Broaderomission

   linguistics

2. 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

   Synonymspheresis

   Broaderdialysis

   Narrowerplasmapheresisplateletpheresis

Other forms of apheresis

plural

apheresises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about apheresis

What does apheresis mean?

apheresis means "(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in apheresis?

apheresis has 4 syllables: a-phe-re-sis. The stress falls on "phe".

What is another word for apheresis?

Close synonyms include aphaeresis, pheresis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apheresis a common word?

apheresis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.