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pheresis

/fəˈɹisɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phere-sis
IPA
/fəˈɹisɪs/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of apheresis.

Countable; Uncountable

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.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /fəˈɹisɪs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

phereses (plural)

Derived Forms

plateletpheresis

Synonyms

apheresis

Questions

How do you pronounce pheresis?
The recorded pronunciation is /fəˈɹisɪs/.
What does pheresis mean?
Synonym of apheresis.
Where does pheresis come from?
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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