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Webster 1913 Edition
Apheresis
A-pher′e-sis
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[L.
aphaeresis
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to take away; [GREEK] + [GREEK] to take.] 1.
(Gram.)
The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.
2.
(Surg.)
An operation by which any part is separated from the rest.
[Obs.]
Dunglison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Apheresis
APHERE'SIS
,Noun.
1.
The taking of a litter or syllable from the beginning of a word. Thus by an apheresis, omittere is writter, mittere.2.
In the healing art, the removal of any thing noxious. In surgery, amputation.