|  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
 • Syn:
 apheresis
 • Derivationally related forms:
 apheretic (for: apheresis)
 • Hypernyms:
 dialysis
 • Hyponyms:
 plasmapheresis, plateletpheresis
 
 
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