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aphoresis

aphoresis is the misspelling of apheresis.

Meaning of apheresis

Noun

apheresis (countable and uncountable, plural aphereses)

  1. (Canada, US, rhetoric) Elision, suppression, or complete loss of a letter or sound (syllable) from the beginning of a word, such as the development of special from especial.
    Synonyms:
    pheresis, procope
  2. (Canada, US, specific, still current) The removal of blood from a patient, and the removal of certain components (such as platelets) from that blood, followed by the transfusion of the filtered blood back to the donor (patient).
  3. (Canada, US, general, obsolete) Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood.

Questions about aphoresis

What is aphoresis the misspelling of?
Aphoresis is the misspelling of apheresis.

Words near aphoresis in the dictionary

  1. aphonics
  2. aphonies
  3. aphonized
  4. aphonous
  5. aphony
  6. aphoresis
  7. aphoria
  8. aphorise
  9. aphorised
  10. aphoriser
  11. aphorisers

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