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Definitions: Apheresis |
ApheresisNoun1. (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'. 2. A procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Apheresis \A*pher"e*sis\, noun. [Latin expression aphaeresis, Greek, from to take away; to take.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Medicine | Components being separated out, as leukapheresis, plasmapheresis, plateletpheresis. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: ApheresisSynonyms: aphaeresis (n), pheresis (n). (additional references) |
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Health | Donation of platelets by apheresis requires a greater donor commitment than does whole-blood donation, as well as sophisticated equipment and highly trained personnel. (references) | |
Clinical investigations to identify the factor(s) in FFP that appears to cause beneficial effects in patients who are undergoing apheresis for treatment of syndromes such as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. (references) | ||
The common practice of transfusing multiple-donor platelets at a dose of 1 unit per 10 kg body weight, or of transfusing a concentrate obtained from one apheresis donor, is a reasonable starting point for platelet therapy in the adult patient. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Apheresis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Apheresis" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
apheresis | 49 |
ldl apheresis | 4 |
american apheresis society | 3 |
apheresis catheter quinton | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "apheresis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | Aferese Sundhedstyrelsens Lægemiddelkontrol (haemapheresis, hemapheresis, pheresis). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Apherese (haemapheresis, hemapheresis, pheresis). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | apheresisay การง"ออกเสียงในพยางค์แรกของคำ. (various references) | ||||||||||
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Words ending with "apheresis": plasmapheresis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "apheresis" (pronounced 'A*pher"e*sis'): Abiogenesis, Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, Adipolysis, AEsthesis, Agamogenesis, Agenesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Amphigenesis, Amylogenesis, Amylolysis, Anabasis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anagnorisis, Anamnesis, Anamorphosis, Anapophysis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Ankylostomiasis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Anthropomorphosis, Antimetathesis, Antiperistasis, Antiphrasis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Antithesis, Aparithmesis, Aphaeresis, Aphesis, Apodosis, Aponeurosis, Apophasis, Apophysis, Aposiopesis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pharisees. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-i-p-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: parishes, perishes, pharisee, reshapes, sharpies. | |
-2 letters: aperies, apheses, aphesis, asperse, aspires, harpies, hearses, heiress, pareses, paresis, parises, phrases, praises, raspish, reshape, reships, serapes, seraphs, shapers, sharpie, sherpas, spahees, spheres, spireas. | |
-3 letters: aeries, arises, ashier, aspers, aspire, aspish, easier, easies, erases, espies, haeres, hearse, herpes, hisser, paries, parish, parses, pashes, passee, passer, peases, peises. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-i-p-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: aphaeresis, euphrasies, reemphasis. | |
+2 letters: dealerships, diaphoreses, interphases, leaderships, parenthesis, paresthesia, periphrases, perishables, preachiness, readerships, speakership, spearfished, spearfishes, sphalerites, therapeusis. | |
+3 letters: generalships, hypermnesias, overemphasis, paraesthesia, paresthesias, planispheres, preestablish, reemphasizes, serigraphers, serigraphies, speakerships, spirochaetes, traineeships. | |
+4 letters: apprehensions, arsphenamines, cheeseparings, graphicnesses, housepainters, hyperesthesia, hyperkinesias, hyperrealisms, imperishables, laureateships, misapprehends, paraesthesias, parenthesizes, phalansteries, phraseologies, preachinesses, predischarges, scenographies, secretaryship, seismographer, sheepshearing, stenographies, telegraphists, treasurership, underemphasis. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110000 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100101 01110011 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A p h e r e s i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0070 0068 0065 0072 0065 0073 0069 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)358274718471857585 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | dänisch |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | tysker, deutsch, Deutsche, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | thailænder, thailändisch, Thailänder, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englisch, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ |
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