apheresis   (TTS Sound)

The apheresis has 2 Senses.

• apheresis, aphaeresis
• (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
• 単語の最初が脱落することで、例えば'coon'は'raccoon'のことであり、'till'は'until'である

• pheresis, apheresis
• 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
• 透析によって、血液が抜かれ、分離されてその構成要素が得られる手順