Procedure whereby plasma is separated and extracted from anticoagulated whole blood and the red cells retransfused to the donor. Plasmapheresis is also employed for therapeutic use.
Blind
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Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds;blind flowers. Blind alley, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac.-- Blind axle, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion.Knight.-- Blind beetle, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp.at night.-- Blind cat (Zoöl.), a species of catfish (Gronias nigrolabris),nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania.-- Blind coal, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal.Simmonds.-- Blind door, Blind window, an imitation of a door or window,without an opening for passage or light. See Blank door or window,under Blank, a.-- Blind level (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has avertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. Knight.-- Blind nettle (Bot.), dead nettle. See Dead nettle, under Dead.-- Blind shell (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one thatdoes not explode.-- Blind side, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak orunguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed tosee danger. Swift.-- Blind snake (Zoöl.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of thefamily Typhlopidæ, with rudimentary eyes.-- Blind spot (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where theoptic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light.-- Blind tooling, in bookbinding and leather work, the indentedimpression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also blanktooling, and blind blocking.-- Blind wall, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
Blind meaning & definition 1 of Blind.
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You'll never see it coming.
Blind meaning & definition 2 of Blind.
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1.to be in love
Blind meaning & definition 3 of Blind.
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To get so intoxicated that you can hardly see. Usually chanted by lads between midday and 3 O'Clock on a match day!
Blind meaning & definition 4 of Blind.
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to not be able to see
Blind meaning & definition 5 of Blind.
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Absence of vision.
Blind meaning & definition 6 of Blind.
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to be extremely drunk. A term used in Australia.
Blind meaning & definition 7 of Blind.
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visually impaired or drunk
Blind meaning & definition 8 of Blind.
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When you are unaware of what is going on around you. To be dull to your surroundings.
Blind meaning & definition 9 of Blind.
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the ability not to see
Blind meaning & definition 10 of Blind.
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Unable to see because of injury, disease, or a congenital condition.
Blind meaning & definition 11 of Blind.
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Blind in Carriage Driving. The marathon course is driven blind, with each competitor being given a map and course marker.
Blind meaning & definition 12 of Blind.