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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: apheresis, pheresis
History
From New Latin plasma + Ancient Greek ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis, “removal”).
