noun
- Also aphaeresis. the loss or omission of one or more letters or sounds at the beginning of a word, as in squire for esquire, or count for account.
- Medicine/Medical. the withdrawal of whole blood from the body, separation of one or more components, and return by transfusion of remaining blood to the donor.
noun
- the omission of a letter or syllable at the beginning of a word
- a method of collecting blood from donors that enables its different components, such as the platelets or plasma, to be separated out
n.
- A procedure in which blood is drawn from a donor and separated into its components, some of which are retained, such as plasma or platelets, and the remainder returned by transfusion to the donor.hemapheresis