"apheresis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈfɪəɹɪsɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈfɛɹəsɪs/ [US], /ˌæfəˈɹisɪs/ [US] Forms: aphereses [plural]
enPR: əfîʹrĭsĭs [US] Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|aphaeresis|}} Latin aphaeresis, {{der|en|grc|ἀφαίρεσις|t=a taking away}} Ancient Greek ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis, “a taking away”), {{m|grc|ἀφαιρέω}} ἀφαιρέω (aphairéō), {{m|grc||ἀφ-}} ἀφ- (aph-), {{m|grc|ἀπό|t=off, away from}} ἀπό (apó, “off, away from”), {{m|grc|αἱρέω|t=to take; to snatch}} αἱρέω (hairéō, “to take; to snatch”), {{m|grc|-σις|pos=suffix forming nouns of action}} -σις (-sis, suffix forming nouns of action) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|aphereses}} apheresis (countable and uncountable, plural aphereses)
  1. (phonetics, 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. Tags: Canada, US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics, Phonetics, Prosody Translations (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word): ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), raktroc'h [masculine] (Breton), afèresi [feminine] (Catalan), afærese [common-gender] (Danish), aferesis (Dutch), aferese (Dutch), afereesi (Finnish), aphérèse [feminine] (French), Aphärese [feminine] (German), Aphäresis [feminine] (German), αφαίρεση (afaíresi) [feminine] (Greek), aferézis (Hungarian), aifiréis [feminine] (Irish), aferesi [feminine] (Italian), aphaeresis (Latin), ablatio (Latin), афереза (afereza) [feminine] (Macedonian), سرزدایی (sarzodāyī) [singular] (Persian), حذف آغازی (hazf-e āğāzī) [singular] (Persian), afereza [feminine] (Polish), aférese [feminine] (Portuguese), afereză [feminine] (Romanian), афере́з (aferéz) [masculine] (Russian), афѐреза [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), afèreza [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), aféresis [feminine] (Spanish), sbetchaedje [masculine] (Walloon), blaendoriad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-apheresis-en-noun-LGFkHwFr Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, prosody, sciences Disambiguation of 'loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word': 76 12 12
  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). Tags: Canada, US, countable, specific, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: pheresis, hemapheresis Translations (medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood): afèresi [feminine] (Catalan), afereesi (Finnish), aphérèse [feminine] (French), Apherese [feminine] (German), aferesi [feminine] (Italian), aférese [feminine] (Portuguese), aferes (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-apheresis-en-noun-mF0EknIZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 42 25 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood': 4 76 19
  3. (medicine, general, obsolete) Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood. Tags: Canada, US, countable, general, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-apheresis-en-noun-8qiyCM79 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aphaeresis [Canada, UK], aphæresis [archaic] Hyponyms: aphesis Derived forms: aphaeretic, apheretic Related terms: aphesis

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      "expansion": "Latin aphaeresis",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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        "2": "",
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      "name": "m"
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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      },
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    },
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        "pos": "suffix forming nouns of action"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    }
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        "en:Prosody"
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      ],
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          "phonetics",
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          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "prosody",
          "prosody"
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        [
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          "elision"
        ],
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          "suppression",
          "suppression"
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          "loss"
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        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
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          "syllable",
          "syllable"
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        [
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        [
          "word",
          "word"
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          "procope",
          "procope"
        ]
      ],
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        "(phonetics, 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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonetics",
        "phonology",
        "prosody",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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)."
      ],
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        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
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          "removal",
          "removal"
        ],
        [
          "blood",
          "blood"
        ],
        [
          "patient",
          "patient"
        ],
        [
          "component",
          "component"
        ],
        [
          "platelet",
          "platelet"
        ],
        [
          "transfusion",
          "transfusion"
        ],
        [
          "donor",
          "donor"
        ]
      ],
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        "(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)."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "pheresis"
        },
        {
          "word": "hemapheresis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "countable",
        "specific",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood."
      ],
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        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "Extirpation",
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        [
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          "extraction"
        ],
        [
          "superfluity",
          "superfluity"
        ],
        [
          "pathological",
          "pathological"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ],
        [
          "blood",
          "blood"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine, general, obsolete) Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "countable",
        "general",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/əˈfɪəɹɪsɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈfɛɹəsɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌæfəˈɹisɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "əfîʹrĭsĭs",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "aphaeresis"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "aphæresis"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "raktroc'h"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "afèresi"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "afærese"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "word": "aferesis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "word": "aferese"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "word": "afereesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aphérèse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aphärese"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aphäresis"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afaíresi",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αφαίρεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "aphaíresis",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀφαίρεσις"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "word": "aferézis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aifiréis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aferesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "word": "aphaeresis"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "word": "ablatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "afereza",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "афереза"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sarzodāyī",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "سرزدایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hazf-e āğāzī",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "حذف آغازی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "afereza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aférese"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "afereză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "aferéz",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "афере́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "афѐреза"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "afèreza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aféresis"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sbetchaedje"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blaendoriad"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "afèresi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood",
      "word": "afereesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aphérèse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Apherese"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aferesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aférese"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "medicine: removal, filtering and returning of blood",
      "word": "aferes"
    }
  ],
  "word": "apheresis"
}

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