PHERESIS

apheresis, pheresis

(noun) 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® 3.1


Noun

pheresis (countable and uncountable, plural phereses)

(medicine) synonym of apheresis

Anagrams

• perishes, seership, spherise

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

20 June 2025

MODEST

(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”


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Coffee Trivia

The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.

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