DICTIONARY ENTRY
4 SYLLABLES
apheresis
/ə'fɛrɪsɪs/ · əfɛrɪsɪs
Apheresis has 4 syllables: a · pher · e · sis.
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pher
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sis
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noun. (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'.
noun. 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.
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