| aphesis | (แอฟ' ฟีซิส) n. สระหรือพยางค์แรกขาดหายไป. - aphetic adj. |
| aphesis | การกร่อนต้นคำ [วรรณกรรม ๖ มี.ค. ๒๕๔๕] |
| aphesis | (n) the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire' |
| Aphesis | ‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; a letting go; &unr_; + &unr_; to let go. ] The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; |