plasmapheresis

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Etymology

From New Latin plasma + Ancient Greek ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis, “removal”).

Noun

plasmapheresis (countable and uncountable, plural plasmaphereses)

  1. (medicine) A procedure in which whole blood is removed from a donor or patient and centrifuged to isolate blood cells that are resuspended in a compatible solution and re-injected into the donor or patient.
    Coordinate terms: apheresis, pheresis, hemapheresis
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