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- noun A form of
apheresis andphotodynamic therapy in whichblood is treated withphotoactivable drugs which are thenactivated withultraviolet light .
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Examples
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Jacob goes to the hospital twice a week for photopheresis treatments; his blood is exposed to light and medicine to help the donor cells adapt to his body.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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And we thought, after a day of rest, that I'd get-begin two other days of certain kinds of photopheresis, other blood-cleansing processes and other things that would prevent grant-versus-host disease.
Democracy Now! 2009
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And we thought, after a day of rest, that I'd get-begin two other days of certain kinds of photopheresis, other blood-cleansing processes and other things that would prevent grant-versus-host disease.
Democracy Now! 2009
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