apheresis
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
Types & categories
- deletion hypernym
Related & opposite
- aphaeretic derivation
- linguistics domain topic
Sense 2 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
Types & categories
- dialysis hypernym
- plasmapheresis hyponym
- plateletpheresis hyponym
Related & opposite
- aphaeretic derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | aphaeretic |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | linguistics |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | deletion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | aphaeretic |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | dialysis |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | plasmapheresis |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | plateletpheresis |