APHAERESIS
- The loss of a sound or sounds at the beginning of a word, e.g., in the derivation of adder from nadder
- apheresis (a medical technology in which the blood of a donor or patient is passed through an apparatus that separates out one particular constituent and returns the remainder to the circulation) [n APHAERESES] : APHAERETIC [adj]
- the omission of a letter, sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, eg as k-nife becoming nife also APHERESIS [n APHAERESES]
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APESHIT APETALIES APETALOUS APETALY APEX APEXES APFELSTRUDEL APFELSTRUDELS APGAR APHAERESESNext Words
APHAERETIC APHAGIA APHAGIAS APHAKIA APHAKIAS APHANIPTEROUS APHANITE APHANITES APHANITIC APHANTASIA
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