Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pheresis

1 sense of pheresis

Sense 1
apheresis, pheresis -- (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)
       => dialysis -- (separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes)