Look up: apheresis

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   apheresis
   [n] - a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis
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   Apheresis
   Apheresis: The process of removing a specific component from blood and returning the remaining components to the donor, in order to collect more of one particular part of the blood than could be separated from a unit of whole blood. Also called hemapheresis or pheresis. The forms of apheresis include: Plasmapheresis -- to harvest plasma (the liquid ...
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   Apheresis
   A·pher'e·sis noun [ Latin aphaeresis , Greek ..., from ... to take away; ... + ... to take.] 1. (Gram.) The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g ., cute for a cute. 2. (Surg.) An operation by which any part is separated from the rest. [ Obsolete] Dunglison.
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   apheresis
   <haematology, procedure> A technique in which blood products are separated from a donor and the desired elements collected and the rest returned to the donor. ... This has the advantage of specificity and a good harvest, for example a good platelet collection may be obtained from two or three donors in which the conventional method would invol ...
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   apheresis
   pheresis noun 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
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   Apheresis
   `Apheresis` (Greek: `to take away`) is a medical technology in which the blood of a donor or patient is passed through an apparatus that separates out one particular constituent and returns the remainder to the circulation. It is thus an extracorporeal therapy.
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   apheresis
   (af-ә-re´sis) any procedure in which blood is withdrawn from a donor, a portion (such as plasma, leukocytes, or platelets) is separated and retained, and the remainder is retransfused into the donor. Types include erythrocytapheresis, leukapheresis, lymphocytapheresis, plasmapheresis, and plateletpheresis. Called ...
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   Apheresis
   • (n.) An operation by which any part is separated from the rest. • (n.) The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.
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   apheresis
   (from the article `blood bank`) Despite such replacement programs, many blood banks face continual problems in obtaining sufficient donations. The chronic shortage of donors has ...
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    apheresis
    apheresis 1. The process of removing a specific component from blood and returning the remaining components to the donor, in order to collect more of one particular part of the blood than could be separated from a unit of whole blood. Apheresis takes longer than a whole blood donation. A whole blood donation takes about 10-20 minutes to collect the blood, w...
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    apheresis
    apheresis (ufer'usis) , or hemapheresis (hē"mufer'usis) , any procedure in which blood is drawn from a donor or patient and a component (platelets, plasma, or white blood cells) is separated out, the remaining blood components being returned to the body. Apheresis allows the donor'...
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