apheresis
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noun (English)
1. (phonetics, linguistics, prosody) 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, procopeCanadaUScountableuncountable
2. (medicine, 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).Synonyms: pheresis, hemapheresisCanadaUScountablespecificuncountable
3. (medicine, general, obsolete) Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood.CanadaUScountablegeneralobsoleteuncountable
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