apheresis   (TTS Sound)

The noun apheresis has 2 senses

• aphaeresis, apheresis -- ((linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until')


• 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)