APHERESIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

apheresis; pheresis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("apheresis" is a kind of...):

dialysis (separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "apheresis"):

plasmapheresis (plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor)

plateletpheresis (platelets are separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor)

Derivation:

apheretic (relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

aphaeresis; apheresis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("apheresis" is a kind of...):

deletion; omission (any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases)

Domain category:

linguistics (the scientific study of language)