apheresis

Etymology
From, from , from (from , variant of  before an aspirated vowel) + ) + ; the grammatical sense developed in Latin.

Noun

 * 1)  Elision, suppression, or complete loss of a letter or sound (syllable) from the beginning of a word, such as the development of  from ; procope.
 * 2)  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).
 * 3)  Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood.
 * 1)  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).
 * 2)  Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood.
 * 1)  Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood.
 * 1)  Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood.

Translations

 * Breton: raktroc'h
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: afærese
 * Dutch: aferesis, aferese
 * Finnish: afereesi
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀφαίρεσις
 * Hungarian: aferézis
 * Irish: aifiréis
 * Italian:
 * Latin: aphaeresis,
 * Macedonian: афереза
 * Persian: سرزدایی, حذف آغازی
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: афѐреза
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: blaendoriad


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: afereesi
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish: aferes