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aph·e·sis (ăf'ĭ-sĭs)
n., pl., -ses (-sēz').
The loss of an initial, usually unstressed vowel, as in cute from acute.

[Greek, a release, from aphīenai, aphe-, to let go : apo-, apo- + hīenai, to send; see diesis.]

aphetic a·phet'ic (ə-fĕt'ĭk) adj.
aphetically a·phet'i·cal·ly adv.



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