hemoperfusion

hemoperfusion
Passage of blood through columns of adsorptive material, such as activated charcoal, to remove toxic substances from the blood. [hemo- + L. perfusio, to pass through]

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he·mo·per·fu·sion or chiefly Brit hae·mo·per·fu·sion .hē-mō-pər-'fyü-zhən n blood cleansing by adsorption on an extracorporeal medium (as activated charcoal) of impurities of larger molecular size than are removed by dialysis

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he·mo·per·fu·sion (he″mo-pər-fuґzhən) the passing of large volumes of blood over an extracorporeal adsorbent substance in order to remove toxic substances. Cf. hemofiltration.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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