Elision, suppression, or complete loss of a letter or sound (syllable) from the beginning of a word, such as the development of special from especial; procope.
The removal of blood from a patient, and the removal of certain components (such as platelets) from that blood, followed by the transfusion of the filtered blood back to the donor (patient).
The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.
A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.