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

1 sense of plateletpheresis

Sense 1
plateletpheresis -- (platelets are 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)