Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plasmapheresis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: plasma-phere-sis
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A procedure in which whole blood is removed from a donor or patient and centrifuged to isolate blood cells that are resuspended in a compatible solution and re-injected into the donor or patient.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From New Latin plasma + Ancient Greek ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis, “removal”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: plasma, ἀφαίρεσις

Usage

Inflected Forms

plasmaphereses (plural) plasmaphoresis (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

apheresis pheresis hemapheresis

Questions

What does plasmapheresis mean?: A procedure in which whole blood is removed from a donor or patient and centrifuged to isolate blood cells that are resuspended in a compatible solution and re-injected into the donor or patient.
Where does plasmapheresis come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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