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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until';
[syn: aphaeresis, apheresis]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

aphaeresis \a*phaer"e*sis\, Aphaeresis \A*ph[ae]r"e*sis\(?;
   277), n. [L.]
   Same as Apheresis.
   [1913 Webster] aphaeretic


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

aphaeresis
    n 1: (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in
         `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' [syn:
         aphaeresis, apheresis]