Dictionary Entry
apheresis
apheresis is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.
- 2noun
An operation by which any part is separated from the rest.
- 3noun
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
- 4noun
(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
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