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).
Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.
The acquisition of something, generally negative.
A period of economic decline or negative growth.
A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.
A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.
A reversible reduction in size.
A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.
The process of contracting a disease.
A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.
A shortening of a muscle during its use.