A process that uses centrifuging to take a patient's blood and return only the red blood cells is known as ________.

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plasmapheresis

Blood may also be centrifuged, put in a device that separates blood elements by spinning. Plasmapheresis is a process that uses centrifuging to take a patient's blood and return only red cells to that patient.

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