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daɪˈæl ə sɪs; -ˌsizdia·ly·sis

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dialysisnoun

    separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes

Wiktionary

  1. dialysisnoun

    a method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane

  2. dialysisnoun

    haemodialysis

  3. dialysisnoun

    To spell out alternatives, or to present either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.

  4. dialysisnoun

    Asyndeton.

  5. Etymology: Dated in the late 16th Century ; from and.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Dialysisnoun

    The figure in rhetorick by which syllables or words are divided.

    Etymology: διάλυσις.

ChatGPT

  1. dialysis

    Dialysis is a medical procedure that helps to perform the functions of a kidney when the kidney is no longer able to work properly. It removes waste, excess water and toxins from the blood that are normally filtered out by healthy kidneys. It's often used in treating patients with chronic or acute kidney failure.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dialysisnoun

    diaeresis. See Diaeresis, 1

  2. Dialysisnoun

    same as Asyndeton

  3. Dialysisnoun

    debility

  4. Dialysisnoun

    a solution of continuity; division; separation of parts

  5. Dialysisnoun

    the separation of different substances in solution, as crystalloids and colloids, by means of their unequal diffusion, especially through natural or artificial membranes

  6. Etymology: [L., separation, fr. Gr. , fr. to part asunder, dissolve; dia` through + to loose.]

Wikidata

  1. Dialysis

    In medicine dialysis is a process for removing waste and excess water from the blood, and is used primarily as an artificial replacement for lost kidney function in people with renal failure. Dialysis may be used for those with an acute disturbance in kidney function, or progressive but chronically worsening kidney function–a state known as chronic kidney disease stage 5. The latter form may develop over months or years, but in contrast to acute kidney injury is not usually reversible, and dialysis is regarded as a "holding measure" until a renal transplant can be performed, or sometimes as the only supportive measure in those for whom a transplant would be inappropriate. The kidneys have important roles in maintaining health. When healthy, the kidneys maintain the body's internal equilibrium of water and minerals. The acidic metabolism end-products that the body cannot get rid of via respiration are also excreted through the kidneys. The kidneys also function as a part of the endocrine system, producing erythropoietin and calcitriol. Erythropoietin is involved in the production of red blood cells and calcitriol plays a role in bone formation. Dialysis is an imperfect treatment to replace kidney function because it does not correct the compromised endocrine functions of the kidney. Dialysis treatments replace some of these functions through diffusion and ultrafiltration.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dialysis

    dī-al′i-sis, n. (chem.) the separation of substances by diffusion through a membranous septum or partition: diæresis: dissolution:—pl. Dial′yses.—adj. Dialys′able.—v.t. Dī′alyse, to separate by dialysis.—n. Dī′alyser.—adj. Dialyt′ic. [Gr. dialysisdia, asunder, lyein, to loose.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Dialysis

    the process of separating the crystalloid or poisonous ingredients in a substance from the colloid or harmless ingredients.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Dialysis

    A process of selective diffusion through a membrane. It is usually used to separate low-molecular-weight solutes which diffuse through the membrane from the colloidal and high-molecular-weight solutes which do not. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dialysis in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dialysis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of dialysis in a Sentence

  1. Daniel Salomon:

    From every single patient that stays on dialysis, the payer is losing $60,000 a year if they are not transplanted.

  2. Marlene McHugh:

    Will I require a feeding tube, oxygen, dialysis? appoint someone to be your voice, to make decisions on your behalf.

  3. Enrique Lopez:

    Their blood does not clot appropriately. It's overclotting, when we put patients on dialysis, they have a tendency to clot the filters.

  4. Brandy Wittenborn:

    I work at a pediatric dental office. I have a lot of kids that have underlying medical conditions. A lot of special needs patients that can't wear a mask. My husband, being a nephrologist, has patients with kidney disease, patients that require dialysis. And these patients that he sees are not healthy, have several underlying conditions, so we've had to live with almost two years of :' What if one of the kids brings Covid home from school, passes it along to my husband and I, even though he and I've been vaccinated for a while, if we do have a mild breakthrough case that we don't realize we're sick with, and he takes it into the dialysis center, into the hospital, or into the ICU ?

  5. David Goldfarb:

    Lung failure and kidney failure is a really bad combination and Im not even confident that dialysis of any sort will change the mortality of that combination, but we want to be able to address that kidney failure with all the techniques that we have.

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