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 omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.
The deliberate omission of something.
A different mode or method of operating a computer program.