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PLATELETPHERESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plateletpheresis mean? 

PLATELETPHERESIS (noun)
  The noun PLATELETPHERESIS has 1 sense:

1. platelets are separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donorplay

  Familiarity information: PLATELETPHERESIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLATELETPHERESIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Platelets are separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("plateletpheresis" is a kind of...):

apheresis; pheresis (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)


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