Definition of "aphaeresis" []

• The loss of one or more sounds from the beginning of a word, as in till for until. (noun)

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• "He preserves the peculiarity of the Ionians for the preterite tenses of verbs the aphaeresis, as where he says [Greek omitted] for [Greek omitted]."
• "This, by an aphaeresis of tau and an epenthesis of omicron in two places, may be identified with echonoe, and signifies"
• "The patient used 5-6 units of aphaeresis products each day."