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plasmapheresis
(redirected from Plasmophoresis)

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plasmapheresis, see apheresis apheresis , or hemapheresis , any procedure in which blood is drawn from a donor or patient and a component (platelets, plasma, or white blood cells) is separated out, the remaining blood components being returned to the body.
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plasmapheresis [¦plaz·mə·fə′rē·səs]
(medicine)
The withdrawal of blood from a donor to obtain plasma, its components, or the nonerythrocytic formed elements of blood, followed by the return of the erythrocytes to the donor.


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