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
References
- Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, archived from the original on 2020-05-25, retrieved 2017-08-24.