plateletpheresis - platelets are separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor. pheresis, apheresis - 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.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Iodine(noun) a nonmetallic element, of the halogen group, occurring always in combination, as in the iodides. When isolated it is in the form of dark gray metallic scales, resembling plumbago, soft but brittle, and emitting a chlorinelike odor.
Iodine is the agent which sparks and feeds the flame of life. Iodine is an element hardly found in its pure form in nature. Usually it is present in the form of its salts or compounds. Anorganic iodine salts are mainly sodium iodate or sodium periodate, organic compounds can be found in seaweed, algae or sponges.