Apheresis
Also, aphaeresis. the loss or omission of one or more letters or sounds at the beginning of a word, as in squire for esquire, or count for account.
Medicine/Medical. the withdrawal of whole blood from the body, separation of one or more components, and return by transfusion of remaining blood to the donor.
noun
the omission of a letter or syllable at the beginning of a word
a method of collecting blood from donors that enables its different components, such as the platelets or plasma, to be separated out
apheresis aph·e·re·sis (āf’ə-rē’sĭs)
n.
A procedure in which blood is drawn from a donor and separated into its components, some of which are retained, such as plasma or platelets, and the remainder returned by transfusion to the donor. Also called hemapheresis.
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