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pheresis

US/fəˈɹisɪs/

pheresis noun: synonym of apheresis.

Noun

pheresis (countable and uncountable, plural phereses)

  1. Synonym of apheresis.
    Synonyms:
    apheresis

Synonyms of pheresis

Forms of pheresis

pluralphereses

Origin of pheresis

In medicine, perhaps a back-formation from compounds such as plasmapheresis. The linguistics term may be a self-referential pun as with haplogy for haplology.

Words formed from pheresis

Questions about pheresis

What does pheresis mean?
Pheresis means synonym of apheresis.
What part of speech is pheresis?
Pheresis is a noun.
How do you pronounce pheresis?
Pheresis is pronounced /fəˈɹisɪs/ (US).
What is the plural of pheresis?
The plural of pheresis is phereses.

Words near pheresis in the dictionary

  1. Pherecratic
  2. Pherecydes
  3. pheremone
  4. Pherephatta
  5. phereses
  6. pheresis
  7. Pherkad
  8. pherogram
  9. pherograms
  10. pheromonal
  11. pheromonally

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