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)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) linguistic process (a process involved in human language)
• 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)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) plasmapheresis (plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor)
• S: (n) plateletpheresis (platelets are separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) dialysis (separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes)
• derivationally related form