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n. - A procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'.

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  • They can then be collected by a process called apheresis, a process used as standard-of-care in blood donations.
  • The blood flows into a sterilized machine that separates the plasma from the red blood cells and then pumps blood back into your bloodstream, in a process called apheresis.
  • You can give whole blood or a plasma-apheresis but not both.
  • We have on-site apheresis available and can do this for babies as small as 11 pounds.
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