leukapheresis
/ˌluˈkʌfɜːriːsɪs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A laboratory procedure where white blood cells are separated from a sample of blood.
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
Etymology tree English leuko- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-) Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Indo-European *selh₁-der.? Ancient Greek αἱρέω (hairéō) Ancient Greek ἀφαιρέω (aphairéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek ἀφαίρεσῐς (aphaíresĭs)der. Latin aphaeresisder. English apheresis English leukapheresis From leuko- + apheresis.