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Apheresis — (Greek: to take away ) is a medical technology in which the blood of a donor or patient is passed through an apparatus that separates out one particular constituent and returns the remainder to the circulation. It is thus an extracorporeal… … Wikipedia
Plateletpheresis — (also called thrombapheresis or thrombocytapheresis) is the process of collecting platelets, the components of blood that are involved in hemostasis (blood clotting). It can be a life saving procedure in preventing or treating serious… … Wikipedia
Apheresis — The process of removing a specific component from blood and returning the remaining components to the donor, in order to collect more of one particular part of the blood than could be separated from a unit of whole blood. Also called hemapheresis … Medical dictionary
cytapheresis — A procedure in which various cells can be separated from the withdrawn blood and retained, with the plasma and other formed elements retransfused into the donor. [cyt + G. aphairesis, a withdrawal] * * * cyt·a·phe·re·sis (sīt″ə… … Medical dictionary
plateletpheresis — Removal of blood from a donor with replacement of all blood components except platelets. [platelet + G. aphairesis, a withdrawal] * * * plate·let·phe·re·sis fə rē səs, fer ə səs n, pl re·ses .sēz apheresis used to collect blood platelets * … Medical dictionary
thrombapheresis — throm·ba·phe·re·sis (throm″bə fə reґsis) thrombocytapheresis … Medical dictionary
