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

1 sense of plasmapheresis

Sense 1
plasmapheresis -- (plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor)
       => 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)