| apheresis |
The channeling of blood out of the body and through specialized single-use tubing and equipment in order to extract various blood cell types, such as platelets or stem cells, from the bloodstream. After these cells are extracted, the blood is returned to the body. Also called hemapheresis, or leukapheresis for the extraction of white blood cells.
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| aphasia |
Defective or absent language function
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| APHA |
American Public Health Association.
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| aphacia |
var. aphakia. Absence of the crystalline lens of the eye. aphacic, aphakic, adj.
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| apheresis, therapeutic |
Removal of unwanted or pathological components from a patient's blood by means of a continuous-flow separator; the process is similar to hemodialysis, as treated blood is returned to the patient. The removal of cellular ma
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