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PHERESIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pheresis mean?
• PHERESIS (noun)
The noun PHERESIS has 1 sense:
1. a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion
Familiarity information: PHERESIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
apheresis; pheresis
Hypernyms ("pheresis" is a kind of...):
dialysis (separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pheresis"):
plasmapheresis (plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor)
plateletpheresis (platelets are separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor)
Context examples
Also called pheresis.
(Apheresis, NCI Dictionary)
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