apheresis
/ə'fɛrɪsɪs/
noun
9 letters4 syllables14 points in Scrabble®14 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
NOUN
1
(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'.
2
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.
WORD FORMS
Related formapheretic
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®14 points
Words With Friends®14 points
Double word28 points
Triple word42 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinapheresisway
Starts & ends withA … S
Syllablesa · pher · e · sis
SYNONYMS & RELATED3
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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