"aphesis" meaning in English

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          "text": "The word \"scarp\" is derived from \"escarp\" by aphesis.",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word",
          "word": "aferezo"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word",
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          "word": "aphérèse"
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          "sense": "loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ.fə.sɪs/"
    }
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  "word": "aphesis"
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      "english": "addition of the beginning of a word",
      "word": "prothesis"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "sense": "loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word",
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      "sense": "loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word",
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      "sense": "loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word",
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      "word": "aferesi"
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      "word": "語頭母音消失"
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