Aphaeresis - English meaning

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Omission of the initial sound of a word, as when he is is pronounced he's.

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In some words initial e has been lost by aphaeresis: squire from esquire, sample from example, stat…

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A technique by which a particular substance or component is removed from the blood, the main volume being returned to the body.

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Another method used for separating out some of the components of blood consists of a technique know…

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A process in which a particular substance or part of someone's blood is removed from the blood and the rest returned to their body

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The stem cells are filtered out in a process called apheresis., platelets can derived by aphaeresis…

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The act of not pronouncing the first sound in a word, for example saying "specially" instead of "especially"

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A striking feature of many of these nicknames is aphaeresis (initial syllabic deletion), as in "bas…