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APHESIS

\ɐfˈiːsɪs], \ɐfˈiːsɪs], \ɐ_f_ˈiː_s_ɪ_s]\

Definitions of APHESIS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science

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The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; - the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; - the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A remission. This word expresses sometimes the diminution or cessation of a disease; at others, languor and debility of the lower extremities. See Languor, and Remission.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

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