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pheresis

American  
[fuh-ree-sis, fer-uh-] / fəˈri sɪs, ˈfɛr ə- /

noun

Medicine/Medical Informal.
  1. apheresis, especially plasmapheresis.


Etymology

Origin of pheresis

Probably by construal of plasmapheresis as plasma + -pheresis

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