plasmapheresis
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Etymology edit
From New Latin plasma + Ancient Greek ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis, “removal”).
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plasmapheresis (countable and uncountable, plural plasmaphereses)
- (medicine) A procedure in which whole blood is removed from a donor or patient and centrifuged to isolate blood cells that are resuspended in a compatible solution and re-injected into the donor or patient.