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apheresis vs plasmapheresis

plasmapheresis vs apheresis

apheresis and plasmapheresis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
apheresis Yes No No No
plasmapheresis Yes No No No
As nouns, plasmapheresis is a hyponym of apheresis; that is, plasmapheresis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than apheresis:
  • apheresis: a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion
  • plasmapheresis: plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor
Other hyponyms of apheresis include plateletpheresis.
apheresis (noun) plasmapheresis (noun)
a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor
(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
Difference between apheresis and plasmapheresis

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