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leukoreduced

leukoreduced adjective: having had leukocytes removed.

Adjective

leukoreduced (not comparable)

  1. Having had leukocytes removed.
    • Dr. Neil Blumberg, a co-author of the study and a professor of laboratory medicine at the University of Rochester, said patients should insist on leukoreduced blood if they needed transfusions.2007 December 25, Nicholas Bakalar, “Hazards: More Transfusions Mean More Risk for Women”, in New York Times

Forms of leukoreduced

alternative formleucoreduced

Origin of leukoreduced

From leuko- + reduced.

Words formed from leukoreduced

Questions about leukoreduced

What does leukoreduced mean?
Leukoreduced means having had leukocytes removed.
What part of speech is leukoreduced?
Leukoreduced is an adjective.

Words near leukoreduced in the dictionary

  1. leukopoor
  2. leukoprotease
  3. leukoproteases
  4. leukoproteinase
  5. leukoproteinases
  6. leukoreduced
  7. leukoreduction
  8. leukoregulin
  9. leukorrhea
  10. leukorrheal
  11. leukorrheas

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