Noun

• S: (n) aphaeresis, apheresis ((linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until')
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• S: (n) linguistics (the scientific study of language)
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• 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)
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• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• 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)
• 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)