English noun: pheresis | |||
| 1. | pheresis (act) a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion | ||
| Synonyms | apheresis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dialysis | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | plasmapheresis, plateletpheresis | ||