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PHERESIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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

Synonyms:

apheresis; pheresis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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)

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