ISA | HEMATOPOIETIC-TREATMENT |
SUBCLASSES | LEUKAPHERESIS |
DESCENDANTS | LEUKAPHERESIS |
ANCESTORS | ALL CANCER-MEDICAL-SERVE CANCER-TREATMENT EVENT HEALTH-SERVE HEMATOPOIETIC-TREATMENT MEDICAL-SERVE PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT SERVICE-EVENT SOCIAL-EVENT TREATMENT-BY-BODY-PART-AFFECTED TREATMENT-TO-ATTACK-CANCER WORK-ACTIVITY |
cytapheresis | term type: main entry term reliability code: 10 part of speech: noun number: singular definition: treatment involving the separation of one or more kinds of cell from whole blood with the return of other blood cell constituents to the patient or donor. This is accomplished with an instrument that uses centrifugation to separate the cells into different layers. (en) |