Noun

• S: (n) aphaeresis, apheresis ((linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until')
• domain category
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) omission, deletion (any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases)
• S: (n) linguistic process (a process involved in human language)
• S: (n) human process (a process in which human beings are involved)
• S: (n) process, physical process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states) "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) thing (a separate and self-contained entity)
• S: (n) object, physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow) "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
• S: (n) causal agent, cause, causal agency (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)
• S: (n) matter (that which has mass and occupies space) "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
• S: (n) process, physical process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states) "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
• S: (n) substance (material of a particular kind or constitution) "the immune response recognizes invading substances"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) apheresis, pheresis (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)