apheresis
(noun)
noun
1. (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
Similar word(s): aphaeresis
Definition categories: process, deletion, omission
2. 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
Similar word(s): pheresis