Associations to the word «Plasmapheresis»

Wiktionary

PLASMAPHERESIS, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

PLASMAPHERESIS, noun. Plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats