Dictionary

apheresis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈfɛɹəsɪs/ (US)
• əfîʹrĭsĭs (Received-Pronunciation)
• (UK) audio
• /ˌæfəˈɹisɪs/ (US)
• /əˈfɪəɹɪsɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-) Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Indo-European *selh₁-der.? Ancient Greek αἱρέω (hairéō) Ancient Greek ἀφαιρέω (aphairéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek ἀφαίρεσῐς (aphaíresĭs)der. Latin aphaeresisder. English apheresis From Latin aphaeresis, from Ancient Greek ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis, “a taking away”), from ἀφαιρέω (aphairéō) (from ἀφ- (aph-), variant of ἀπό (apó, “off, away from”) before an aspirated vowel) + αἱρέω (hairéō, “to take; to snatch”)) + -σις (-sis, suffix forming nouns of action); the grammatical sense developed in Latin.

Meanings

1. (Canada, US, countable, rhetoric, uncountable) 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.
2. (Canada, US, countable, qualifier:still current, specific, uncountable) 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, countable, general, obsolete, uncountable) Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood.

Forms

Coordinates

abbreviation · clipping · aphesis · elision · apocope · syncope · plasmapheresis

Deriveds

leukapheresis · leukocytapheresis · erythropheresis · photopheresis · erythrapheresis · thrombocytapheresis · apheretic · apheresized · erythrocytapheresis · aphaeretic

Synonyms

procope · hemapheresis · pheresis · pheresis

Translations (44)

br raktroc'h (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · ca afèresi (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · gl aférese (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · de Apherese (medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood) · ca afèresi (medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood) · de Aphärese (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · nl aferesis (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · es aféresis (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · fr aphérèse (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · sv aferes (medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood) · tl aperesis (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · la ablatio (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · it aferesi (medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood) · sh afèreza (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · fa سرزدایی (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · bg афереза (medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood) · tl pagpupugot (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · fa حذف آغازی (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · pl afereza (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · bg афереза (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · ru афере́з (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · pt aférese (medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood) · nl aferese (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · fi afereesi (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · de Aphäresis (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · mk афереза (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · sk aferéza (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · ga aifiréis (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · sh афѐреза (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · fr aphérèse (medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood) · pl afereza (medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood) · it aferesi (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · la aphaeresis (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · ro afereză (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · wa sbetchaedje (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · pt aférese (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · da afærese (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · el αφαίρεση (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · cy blaendoriad (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · cs afereze (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · ko 체외채혈 (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · hu aferézis (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) · fi afereesi (medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood) · grc ἀφαίρεσις (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word)