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Definition of apheresis in English: apheresis(also aphaeresis) nounPlural apheresesɛɪfəˈriːsɪsəˈfɛrəsəs mass noun1Linguistics
Omission of the initial sound of a word, as when he is is pronounced he's. 〔语言学〕词首音脱落 Example sentencesExamples - When the indefinite article was being restored to its separate existence, the word ‘atomy’ was falsely coined from ‘anatomy’ through aphaeresis, by the removal of the supposed indefinite article.
- In some words initial e has been lost by aphaeresis: squire from esquire, sample from example, state from estate.
Synonyms leaving out, exclusion, exception, non-inclusion, deletion, erasure, cut, excision, elimination, absence 2Medicine
A technique by which a particular substance or component is removed from the blood, the main volume being returned to the body. 〔医〕单采血液成分法，提取法，分离性输血 Example sentencesExamples - Now, Becky donates just platelets and plasma via a process called apheresis.
- Another method used for separating out some of the components of blood consists of a technique known as apheresis.
- Platelets collected by apheresis were counted as single units.
- Since most of the patients are not eligible for allogenic transplantation, autologous bone marrow or more increasingly mobilized peripheric blood stem cells obtained by apheresis are used for grafting.
- Removing blood stem cells from your blood during apheresis doesn't hurt.
OriginMid 16th century: via late Latin from Greek aphairesis, from aphairein 'take away', from apo 'from' + hairein 'take'. Definition of apheresis in US English: apheresis(also aphaeresis) nounəˈfɛrəsəsəˈferəsəs 1Linguistics
The loss of a sound or sounds at the beginning of a word, e.g., in the derivation of adder from nadder. Example sentencesExamples - In some words initial e has been lost by aphaeresis: squire from esquire, sample from example, state from estate.
- When the indefinite article was being restored to its separate existence, the word ‘atomy’ was falsely coined from ‘anatomy’ through aphaeresis, by the removal of the supposed indefinite article.
Synonyms leaving out, exclusion, exception, non-inclusion, deletion, erasure, cut, excision, elimination, absence 2Medicine
The removal of blood plasma from the body by the withdrawal of blood, its separation into plasma and cells, and the reintroduction of the cells, used especially to remove antibodies in treating autoimmune diseases. Example sentencesExamples - Removing blood stem cells from your blood during apheresis doesn't hurt.
- Now, Becky donates just platelets and plasma via a process called apheresis.
- Another method used for separating out some of the components of blood consists of a technique known as apheresis.
- Platelets collected by apheresis were counted as single units.
- Since most of the patients are not eligible for allogenic transplantation, autologous bone marrow or more increasingly mobilized peripheric blood stem cells obtained by apheresis are used for grafting.
OriginMid 16th century: via late Latin from Greek aphairesis, from aphairein ‘take away’, from apo ‘from’ + hairein ‘take’. |