apheresis

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apheresis Definition

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

apheresis Synonyms

• aphaeresis
• apheresis
• pheresis