plasmapheresis

== English == === Alternative forms === (nonstandard) plasmaphoresis === Etymology === From New Latin plasma + Ancient Greek ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis, “removal”). === Noun === plasmapheresis (countable and uncountable, plural plasmaphereses) (medicine) 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. Coordinate terms: apheresis, pheresis, hemapheresis