noun
- Plural of plasmapheresis; medical procedures in which blood plasma is separated from blood cells and removed or treated, then returned to the body.
Usage: Medical/clinical term; Plural form of plasmapheresis
Examples
- The patient underwent multiple plasmaphereses to remove harmful antibodies from the bloodstream.
- Plasmaphereses are commonly used to treat autoimmune disorders such as myasthenia gravis.
- The hospital's apheresis center performed several plasmaphereses each week.
- Doctors recommended a series of plasmaphereses to help manage the patient's condition.
- Plasmaphereses can be an effective treatment when other therapies have failed.