Hemotherapy

Hemotherapy (/hiːməˈθɛrəpi/ HEE-mə-THERR-ə-pee) or hemotherapeutics (/hiːməθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks/ HEE-mə-THERR-ə-PEW-tiks) is the treatment of disease by the use of blood or blood products from blood donation (by others or for oneself).[1]

It includes various types, such as:

Blood transfusion
Packed red blood cells transfusion
Fresh frozen plasma transfusion
Plasmapheresis of various kinds, including plasma exchange
Autohemotherapy, with autologous blood that is usually modified in some way

References

Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Merriam-Webster.

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