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aphaeretic

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a⋅phaer⋅e⋅sis

  [uh-fer-uh-sis]
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–noun
apheresis.
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aph⋅ae⋅ret⋅ic  [af-uh-ret-ik] , adjective
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a·phaer·e·sis or a·pher·e·sis   (ə-fěr'ĭ-sĭs)   
n.   pl. a·phaer·e·ses or a·pher·e·ses (-sēz')
The loss of one or more sounds from the beginning of a word, as in till for until.

[Late Latin, from Greek aphairesis, from aphairein, to take away : apo-, apo- + hairein, to take.]
aph'ae·ret'ic (āf'ə-rět'ĭk) adj.
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