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PLASMAPHERESIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does plasmapheresis mean?
• PLASMAPHERESIS (noun)
The noun PLASMAPHERESIS has 1 sense:
1. plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor
Familiarity information: PLASMAPHERESIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("plasmapheresis" is a kind of...):
apheresis; pheresis (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)
Context examples
Collection of the fluid portion of human blood for use in blood products by plasmapheresis.
(Plasmapheresis for Human Source Plasma, NCI Thesaurus)
Plasmapheresis can be used to remove excess antibodies from the blood.
(Plasmapheresis, NCI Dictionary)
General term for hemodialysis, plasmapheresis, blood transfusions, and related procedures involving autologous removal, alteration, and replacement of patients' blood or blood components.
(Blood Treatment, NCI Thesaurus)
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