{{Short description|Treatment of disease using blood or blood products}} '''Hemotherapy''' ({{IPAc-en|h|iː|m|ə|ˈ|θ|ɛr|ə|p|i}} {{respell|HEE|mə|THERR|ə-pee}}) or '''hemotherapeutics''' ({{IPAc-en|h|iː|m|ə|θ|ɛr|ə|ˈ|p|juː|t|ᵻ|k|s}} {{respell|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).<ref name="MWU">{{Citation |author=Merriam-Webster |authorlink=Merriam-Webster |title=Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary |publisher=Merriam-Webster |url=http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/unabridged/ |postscript=. |access-date=2017-08-24 |archive-date=2020-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525084504/https://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/subscriber/login?redirect_to=%2Funabridged%2F |url-status=dead }}</ref>
It includes various types, such as:{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} * 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
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