pheresis
American
[fuh-ree-sis, fer-uh-]
/ fəˈri sɪs, ˈfɛr ə- /
noun
Medicine/Medical Informal.
Etymology
Origin of pheresis
Probably by construal of plasmapheresis as plasma + -pheresis
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