1) Apheresis 2) Blood product 3) Pheresis
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Plasmapheresis (from the Greek πλάσμα—plasma, something molded, and ἀφαίρεσις—aphairesis, taking away) is the removal, treatment, and return of (components of) blood plasma from blood circulation. It is thus an extracorporeal therapy (a medical procedure performed outside the body). The method is also used during plasma donatio...
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The process of separating certain cells from the plasma in the blood by a machine; only the cells are returned to the person. Plasmapheresis can be used to remove excess antibodies from the blood.
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<procedure> Centrifuging blood that has been removed from the body to separate the cellular elements from the plasma. ... (31 Dec 1997) ...
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(plaz″mә-fә-re´sis) the removal of plasma from withdrawn blood, with retransfusion of the formed elements into the donor; generally, type-specific fresh frozen plasma or albumin is used to replace the withdrawn plasma. The procedure may be done for purposes of collecting plasma components or for therapeutic ...
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a procedure in which certain components are removed from the blood plasma.
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A process to remove plasma from a patient. Whole blood is removed from the patient and the plasma is separated out. The remaining portion of blood, containing all the blood cells, is transfused back into the patient by a specially designed machine.
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A method of removing a portion of the plasma from the circulation
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Type: Term Pronunciation: plaz′măf-ĕ-rē′sis Definitions: 1. Removal of whole blood from the body, separation of its cellular elements by centrifugation, and reinfusion of them suspended in saline or some other plasma substitute, thus depleting the body's own plasma without depleting its cells.
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Plasmapheresis: A procedure designed to deplete the body of blood plasma (the liquid part of the blood) without depleting the body of its blood cells. Whole blood is removed from the body, the plasma is separated from the cells, the cells are suspended in saline, a plasma substitute or donor plasma), and the reconstituted solution may be returned t...
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n] - plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor
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plasmapheresis A procedure designed to deplete the body of blood plasma (the liquid part of the blood) without depleting the body of its blood cells. Whole blood is removed from the body, the plasma is separated from the cells, the cells are suspended in saline, a plasma substitute or donor plasma), and the reconstituted solution may be returned to...
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a procedure for removing unwanted substances from the blood in which blood is drawn, its plasma is separated and replaced, and the cleansed blood is returned to the body
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noun plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor
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Technique for acquiring plasma from blood. Blood is withdrawn from the patient and separated into its components (plasma and blood cells) by centrifugal force in a continuous-flow cell separator. Once separated, the plasma is available for specific treatments. The blood cells are transfused back into the patient
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