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"Apheresis" Definition

noun

Linguistics Variant of aphaeresis.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

Medicine A procedure in which blood is drawn from a donor and separated into its components, some of which are retained, such as plasma or platelets, and the remainder returned by transfusion to the donor. Also called hemapheresis.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

noun, plural

Withdrawal of blood from a donor's body, removal of one or more blood components (as plasma, platelets, or white blood cells), and transfusion of the remaining blood back into the donor .

Source: Merriam-Webster

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