plasmapheresis
noun
plas·ma·phe·re·sis ˌplaz-mə-fə-ˈrē-səs 
-ˈfer-ə-səs
-ˈfer-ə-səs : a process for removing blood plasma without depleting the donor or patient of other blood constituents (such as red blood cells) by separating out the plasma from the whole blood and returning the rest to the donor's or patient's circulatory system
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Hurd’s transplant protocol wiped her immune system through medications and plasmapheresis treatment immediately before and after transplant surgery. 
Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022 If your symptoms are progressing very rapidly, your doctor may also order plasmapheresis, which filters your blood to remove harmful proteins, says the National Kidney Foundation. Hallie Levine, Health.com, 27 Oct. 2021 The following day, Walker started a treatment called plasmapheresis, or plasma exchange, a process in which the bad plasma in his blood is replaced with good plasma. Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com, 6 Oct. 2021 Other ways of overcoming autoimmunity, like the removal of antibodies against interferon from the blood, called plasmapheresis, could also help patients. Jason Gale, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2020 Other ways of overcoming autoimmunity, like the removal of antibodies against interferon from the blood, called plasmapheresis, could also help patients. Jason Gale, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2020 Other ways of overcoming autoimmunity, like the removal of antibodies against interferon from the blood, called plasmapheresis, could also help patients. Jason Gale, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2020 Other ways of overcoming autoimmunity, like the removal of antibodies against interferon from the blood, called plasmapheresis, could also help patients. Jason Gale, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2020 Other ways of overcoming autoimmunity, like the removal of antibodies against interferon from the blood, called plasmapheresis, could also help patients. Jason Gale, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2020 See More
Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022 If your symptoms are progressing very rapidly, your doctor may also order plasmapheresis, which filters your blood to remove harmful proteins, says the National Kidney Foundation. Hallie Levine, Health.com, 27 Oct. 2021 The following day, Walker started a treatment called plasmapheresis, or plasma exchange, a process in which the bad plasma in his blood is replaced with good plasma. Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com, 6 Oct. 2021 Other ways of overcoming autoimmunity, like the removal of antibodies against interferon from the blood, called plasmapheresis, could also help patients. Jason Gale, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2020 Other ways of overcoming autoimmunity, like the removal of antibodies against interferon from the blood, called plasmapheresis, could also help patients. Jason Gale, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2020 Other ways of overcoming autoimmunity, like the removal of antibodies against interferon from the blood, called plasmapheresis, could also help patients. Jason Gale, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2020 Other ways of overcoming autoimmunity, like the removal of antibodies against interferon from the blood, called plasmapheresis, could also help patients. Jason Gale, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2020 Other ways of overcoming autoimmunity, like the removal of antibodies against interferon from the blood, called plasmapheresis, could also help patients. Jason Gale, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from plasm- + Greek aphairesis taking off — more at aphaeresis
First Known Use
1914, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
plasmapheresis
noun
plas·ma·pher·e·sis ˌplaz-mə-ˈfer-ə-səs -fə-ˈrē-səs
-fə-ˈrē-səs plural plasmaphereses -ˌsēz
: apheresis used to remove blood plasma (as in the treatment of myasthenia gravis or in the collection of blood plasma for use in transfusion)