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aphaeresis

/ə'fɛrɪsɪs/

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noun
(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
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apheresis

type of:
deletion omission

Definition that contains aphaeresis

apheretic relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis
aphaeretic relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis