apheresis

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Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: əfîʹrĭsĭs, IPA: /əˈfɪəɹɪsɪs/,
• (America) IPA: /əˈfɛɹəsɪs/ (linguistics)
• (America) IPA: /ˌæfəˈɹisɪs/ (medicine)

Noun

apheresis (US)

1. (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; procope.

   Synonyms: pheresis, procope

   hypo en

   Coordinate term: syncope#English|syncope

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, hemapheresis

3. (medicine, general, obsolete) Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood.

Translations

• French: aphérèse
• German: Aphärese, Aphäresis
• Portuguese: aférese
• Russian: афере́з
• Spanish: aféresis

Translations

• Portuguese: aférese

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