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apheresis
a·pher·e·sis
[
ə férrəssəss
]
noun
Definition:
1.
retransfusion of treated blood:
the retransfusion of a donor's or patient's own blood from which some constituents have been removed
2.
linguistics
Same as
aphaeresis
[
Variant of aphaeresis
]
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