afereza
1. afereza, hemafereza
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 [Postopek, pri katerem se kri odvzame in razdeli na njene sestavine s pomočjo dialize; nekatere se zadržijo, preostale pa se vrnemo darovalcu s transfuzijo.]
2. afereza, opuščanje
(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' [(lingvistika) izpuščanje na začetku besede kot na primer `coona' namesto `raccoon' ali `tilla' namesto `until']
3. afereza
the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire' [postopno izginotje začetne (običajno neobremenjene) samoglasnične ali besedne zloga, kot na primer v besedi 'squire' namesto 'esquire']