PLASMAPHERESIS

Meaning of PLASMAPHERESIS in English

[ ˌplazmə'fɛrɪsɪs , -fə'ri:sɪs ]

■ noun Medicine a method of removing blood plasma from the body, performed especially to remove antibodies in treating autoimmune conditions.

Origin

1920s: from plasma + Gk aphairesis 'taking away'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

PLASMAPHERESIS — noun see: aphaeresis Date: 1914 a process for removing blood plasma without depleting the donor or patient of other blood …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PLASMAPHERESIS — ˌplazməˈferəsə̇s noun also plas·ma·phore·sis -_fəˈrēsə̇s, -ˈfȯrəs- ( plural plasmaphere·ses -ˌsēz) Etymology: plasmapheresis, New Latin, from plasm- + Greek aphairesis action …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLASMAPHERESIS — /plaz'meuh feuh ree"sis/ , n. Med. a type of apheresis in which blood cells are returned to the bloodstream of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLASMAPHERESIS — n. filtration of blood (Medicine)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PLASMAPHERESIS — noun Etymology: New Latin, from plasm- + Greek aphairesis taking off — more at aphaeresis Date: 1914 : a process …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLASMAPHERESIS — [plas.ma.phe.re.sis] n [NL, fr. plasm- + Gk aphairesis taking off--more at aphaeresis] (1914): a process for obtaining blood plasma without …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PLASMAPHERESIS — plasmapheresis BrE AmE ˌplæz mə ˈfer əs ɪs -ˈfɪər-, § \ -əs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PLASMAPHERESIS — A procedure whereby plasma (which contains proteins, such as antibodies) is separated and removed from the blood and replaced with …
English Dictionary of Medicine
PLASMAPHERESIS — The process of separating certain cells from the plasma in the blood by a machine; only the cells are returned …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
PLASMAPHERESIS — the selective removal of components from the blood plasma, after which the plasma is returned to the person from which …
AIDS English Glossary
PLASMAPHERESIS — плазмаферез
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
PLASMAPHERESIS — n. Pronunciation: ˌ plaz-m ə -f ə - ' r ē -s ə s, - ' fer- ə -s ə …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PLASMAPHORESIS — noun see plasmapheresis
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHERESIS — fəˈrēsə̇s noun ( plural phe·re·ses -ˌsēz) Etymology: probably back-formation from plasmapheresis : apheresis herein
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLASM- — var. of plasmo- before a vowel: plasmapheresis.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PHERESIS — /feuh ree"sis, fer"euh-/ , n. Med. Informal. apheresis, esp. plasmapheresis. [ prob. by construal of PLASMAPHERESIS as PLASMA + -pheresis …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PHERESIS — noun ( plural phe·re·ses -ˌsēz) Etymology: probably back-formation from plasmapheresis Date: 1975 : apheresis
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
APHERESIS — noun ( plural aphe·re·ses -ˌsēz) Etymology: from -apheresis (as in plasmapheresis ) Date: 1977 : withdrawal of blood from a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
APHERESIS — the removal of a specific component of the blood for therapeutic purposes (e.g., plasmapheresis, or removal of plasma). Blood is …
AIDS English Glossary

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