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apheresis vs plateletpheresis

plateletpheresis vs apheresis

apheresis and plateletpheresis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
apheresis Yes No No No
plateletpheresis Yes No No No
As nouns, plateletpheresis is a hyponym of apheresis; that is, plateletpheresis 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
  • plateletpheresis: platelets are separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor
Other hyponyms of apheresis include plasmapheresis.
apheresis (noun) plateletpheresis (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 platelets are 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 plateletpheresis

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