aphaeresis

American

[uh-fer-uh-sis] / əˈfɛr ə sɪs /

noun

apheresis.

aphaeresis British

/ ˌæfəˈrɛtɪk, əˈfɪərɪsɪs /

noun

a variant spelling of apheresis

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aphaeretic adjective

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This, by an aphaeresis of tau and an epenthesis of omicron in two places, may be identified with echonoe, and signifies 'that which has mind.'

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