pheresis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of apheresis.

Pronunciation

/fəˈɹisɪs/

Word forms

pheresis phereses

Etymology

In medicine, perhaps a back-formation from compounds such as plasmapheresis. The linguistics term may be a self-referential pun as with haplogy for haplology.

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