apheresis
Starting sound removal
Apheresis is the removal of something from the beginning of a word, as when *esquire* becomes *squire* or *raccoon* becomes *coon*.
In medicine, apheresis is a procedure that removes specific components from blood—plasma, platelets, or white cells—and returns the rest to the donor: She underwent apheresis to donate platelets.
One who contributes freely
- blood bankStored supply for transfusions
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- plasma donationContributing blood's liquid portion
- altruismPrioritizing others' wellbeing
compensation · eligibility · screening · deferral · frequency · recovery time · appointment · Red Cross
Spinning density-separation device
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- separationState of being apart
- continuous flowUninterrupted movement onward
- catheterInserted medical drainage tube
return line · anticoagulant · citrate · heparin · sedimentation · interface · flow rate · cycle
Mechanical blood filtration
- autoimmuneBody attacks itself
- Guillain-BarréAutoimmune peripheral neuropathy
- sickle cellInherited blood cell malformation
- leukemiaMalignancy of blood-forming tissues
hyperlipidemia · rejection · rheumatoid · multiple sclerosis
Dropped sounds in speech
- clippingPiece cut out
- truncationCutting something shorter
- syncopeTemporary loss of consciousness
- syllableUnit of pronunciation
reduction · contraction · shortening · initial · deletion · prosthesis · metathesis · phoneme
donor
One who contributes freely
- blood bankStored supply for transfusions
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- plasma donationContributing blood's liquid portion
altruism · compensation · eligibility · screening · deferral · frequency · recovery time · appointment · Red Cross · blood drive
centrifuge
Spinning density-separation device
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- separationState of being apart
- continuous flowUninterrupted movement onward
catheter · return line · anticoagulant · citrate · heparin · sedimentation · interface · flow rate · cycle
dialysis
Mechanical blood filtration
- autoimmuneBody attacks itself
- Guillain-BarréAutoimmune peripheral neuropathy
- sickle cellInherited blood cell malformation
leukemia · hyperlipidemia · rejection · rheumatoid · multiple sclerosis
elision
Dropped sounds in speech
- clippingPiece cut out
- truncationCutting something shorter
- syncopeTemporary loss of consciousness
syllable · reduction · contraction · shortening · initial · deletion · prosthesis · metathesis · phoneme · unstressed
- blood donationdonor, donation, blood drive, blood bank, blood type
- Shorteningsabbreviation, acronym, initialism, contraction, truncation
- CAR-T therapytransduction, CRS, manufacturing process, cryopreservation, bioreactor
- blood bankingblood donation, blood bank, blood transfusion, blood donor, blood typing
- Blood Therapiesblood transfusion, transfusion, plasma therapy, packed cells, autotransfusion
- sound changesassimilation, elision, deletion, voicing, nasalization
apheresisprosthesis
Manufactured replacement body part
syncope · suffixation · addition · augmentation · prefixation