apheresis
NOUN
/ə'fɛrɪsɪs/
9 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A
apheresis is a valid 9-letter word worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1P3H4E1R1E1S1I1S1
1 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =14 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 28TRIPLE WORD → 42
MEANING
What does apheresis mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'.
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2
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.
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