Aphelandra
noun
any shrub of the evergreen genus aphelandra, originally from tropical america, widely grown as a house plant for its variegated shiny leaves and brightly coloured flowers: family acanthaceae
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a type of aphasia characterized by the inability to express ideas in spoken words. historical examples now, he knows he can talk because we all know he can, but no one knows it at present because he can’t—and that’s aphemia. wings of the wind credo harris aphemia a·phe·mi·a (ə-fē’mē-ə) n. a form of motor aphasia […]
- Apheresis
also, aphaeresis. the loss or omission of one or more letters or sounds at the beginning of a word, as in squire for esquire, or count for account. medicine/medical. the withdrawal of whole blood from the body, separation of one or more components, and return by transfusion of remaining blood to the donor. noun the […]
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the disappearance or loss of an unstressed initial vowel or syllable, as in the formation of the word slant from aslant. historical examples aphesis is the loss of the unaccented first syllable, as in ‘baccy and ‘later. the romance of names ernest weekley this english tendency to aphesis is satirised in a french song of […]