apheresis
noun
(UKalsoaphaeresis)uk/æfˈɪə.rə.sɪs/us/əˈfer.ə.sɪs/apheresisnoun(MEDICINE)
[CorU]medicalspecializedpluralapheresesoraphaeresesuk/æfˈɪə.rə.siːz/
aprocessin which aparticularsubstanceorpartof someone'sbloodisremovedfrom thebloodand therestreturnedtotheirbody:
Thestemcellsarefilteredout in aprocesscalled apheresis.
Platelets canderivedby aphaeresis, atechniquethatcollectsonecomponentof thebloodandreturnstherestto thedonor.
Atotalof 356 aphereses wereperformedon 125patients.
- LDL apheresis is used toreducetheamountof LDLcholesterolin thebloodas much aspossible.
- When aphaeresis is used asopposedtoconventionalblooddonation, afulladulttherapeuticdoseofplateletscan be taken from onedonor.
- Unfortunately, there are not enough aphaeresismachinesinourhospitals.
The circulatory system & blood
- ABO
- accessory pathway
- antegrade
- anterograde
- anti-platelet
- blood donor
- capillary
- erectile
- intravascular
- intravenous
- intravenously
- jugular
- jugular vein
- leucocyte
- Rh factor
- VEGF
- veined
- vena
- venosus
- ventricular
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Separating and dividing
apheresisnoun(LANGUAGE)
[U]phoneticsspecialized
theactof notpronouncingthe firstsoundin a word, forexamplesaying "specially"insteadof "especially":
Astrikingfeatureof many of thesenicknamesis aphaeresis (initialsyllabicdeletion), as in "Bastien" for "Sebastien" or "Toinette" for "Antoinette".
In apheresis, wordslosetheirinitialsyllable.
Compare
aphesis
- When an unstressedinitialvowelislost, this is aparticulartypeof aphaeresis alsoknownas aphesis.
- Apheresis isespeciallycommonin the set of high-frequencyverbsshownin Table 5.
- When apheresisapplies, theseverbslosethe word-initialfrontvowel.
Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alliterative
- alveolar
- aphesis
- aphetic
- approximant
- aspirate
- guttural
- homonym
- lax
- lenis
- macron
- misemphasis
- mispronunciation
- phonology
- schwa
- semivowel
- sibilance
- sibilant
- speech pathology
- suprasegmental