pheresis

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pheresis

/fəˈɹisɪs/ US

Where it comes 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.

noun phereses

countable, uncountable Synonym of apheresis.
Similar: apheresis

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"pheresis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pheresis. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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pheresis. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pheresis

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"pheresis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pheresis.

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@misc{pheresis_2026,
  title = {pheresis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pheresis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}