Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun apheresis

2 senses of apheresis

Sense 1
aphaeresis, apheresis -- ((linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until')
       => omission, deletion -- (any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases)

Sense 2
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)
       => dialysis -- (separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes)