apheresis
noun
aphe·re·sis
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Definition of apheresis
: withdrawal of blood from a donor's body, removal of one or more blood components (such as plasma, platelets, or white blood cells), and transfusion of the remaining blood back into the donor
— called also pheresis
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The Connecticut patients, two males with acute myeloid leukemia, each received a platelet unit made from the same apheresis donation, collected in Massachusetts. — Susan Scutti, CNN, "CDC investigates after 4 patients got sepsis from contaminated platelet transfusions," 13 June 2019 During the platelet donation procedure, a machine is used to separate the platelets in your blood from the other red blood cells and white blood cells through a process called apheresis. — NBC News, "Here's what you need to know about donating blood," 14 June 2019 When collecting platelets for a transfusion, a donor's blood is drawn into an apheresis cell separator machine, which extracts platelets and returns the rest of the blood into the donor, according to the American Red Cross. — Susan Scutti, CNN, "CDC investigates after 4 patients got sepsis from contaminated platelet transfusions," 13 June 2019 Plasma today is mostly collected via apheresis, a process where whole blood is extracted, spun in a centrifuge, and the plasma is skimmed off. — The Economist, "Bans on paying for human blood distort a vital global market," 10 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'apheresis.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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apheresis
noun
aphe·re·sis
| \ ˌa-fə-ˈrē-səs\
plural aphereses\ -ˌsēz
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Medical Definition of apheresis
: withdrawal of blood from a donor's body, removal of one or more components (as plasma, blood platelets, or white blood cells) from the blood, and transfusion of the remaining blood back into the donor
— called also pheresis
— see leukapheresis, plasmapheresis, plateletpheresis