nonleukoreduced

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ leukoreduced

Adjective[edit]

nonleukoreduced (not comparable)

  1. Not leukoreduced.
    • 2007 December 25, Nicholas Bakalar, “Hazards: More Transfusions Mean More Risk for Women”, in New York Times[1]:
      Background information in the article said it was well known that transfusion, especially of nonleukoreduced blood, the type in which white blood cells are not removed, alters immune system functioning, increasing the infection risk.