# apheresis

> loss of one or more sounds from the beginning of a word, especially the loss of an unstressed vowel

**Wikidata**: [Q618563](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q618563)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apheresis_(linguistics))  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/apheresis-q618563-2


## References

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