Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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apheresis | Yes | No | No | No |
plateletpheresis | Yes | No | No | No |
apheresis (noun) | plateletpheresis (noun) |
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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' |