apheresis
English
/əˈfɪəɹɪsɪs/, /əˈfɛɹəsɪs/, /ˌæfəˈɹisɪs/
noun
Definitions
- (linguistics) 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); procope.
- (medicine) 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).
- (medicine) Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood.
Etymology
Derived from Latin aphaeresis derived from Ancient Greek ἀφαίρεσις (a taking away).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἀφαίρεσις
Gloss
a taking away
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- erythrapheresis English
- erythrocytapheresis English
- erythrocyte English
- erythropheresis English
- leukapheresis English
- photopheresis English
- aphaeresis Latin
- aferesi Italian
- aphérèse French
- aféresis Spanish, Castilian
- from Ancient Greek
- grc Ancient Greek
- αἱρέω Ancient Greek
- ἀπό Ancient Greek
- ἀφ' Ancient Greek
- ἀφαίρεσις Ancient Greek
- ἀφαιρέω Ancient Greek