apheresis
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(noun) a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion |
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Related Words: dialysis |
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(noun) (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' |
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Synonyms: aphaeresis |
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Related Words: deletion, omission |
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