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dialysis

  • /daɪˈælɪsɪs/

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From Latin dialysis, from Ancient Greek διάλυσις (diálusis). By surface analysis, dia- + -lysis. First use appears c. 1550.

noun dialyses

  1. countable, uncountable A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
  2. countable, uncountable The use of this method for the removal of waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure: hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
  3. countable, rhetoric, uncountable The spelling out of alternatives, or presenting of either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.
  4. countable, rhetoric, uncountable asyndeton.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hemodialysis, haemodialysis, renal, kidney, hemoperfusion, hemofiltration, haemofiltration, ultrafiltration, plasmapheresis, diachysis, dialyzer, dialyser, dialysation, dialyzation, dialysance, dialysate

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noun chemical method

Españoldiálisis
日本語透析 tōseki
中文透析 tòuxī, 滲析 /渗析 shènxī
Françaisdialyse
DeutschDialyse
Italianodialisi
Русскийдиа́лиз diáliz

noun medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood

Españoldiálisis
Françaisdialyse
DeutschDialyse
Italianodialisi
Ελληνικάαιμοκάθαρση aimokátharsi
العربيةغَسِيل كُلَى ḡasīl kulā
עבריתדיאליזה

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@misc{dialysis_2026,
  title = {dialysis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dialysis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}