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noun
Synonym of apheresis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: apheresis
Antonyms: none provided
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: apheresis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dialysis
Narrower terms: plasmapheresis, plateletpheresis
History
In medicine, perhaps a back-formation from compounds such as plasmapheresis. The linguistics term may be a self-referential pun as with haplogy for haplology.
