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Definition of Dialysis

1. Noun. Separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes.

Definition of Dialysis

1. n. Diæresis. See Diæresis, 1.

Definition of Dialysis

1. Noun. (chemistry) a method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane ¹

2. Noun. (medicine) haemodialysis ¹

3. Noun. (rhetoric) To spell out alternatives, or to present either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion. ¹

4. Noun. (rhetoric) Asyndeton. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dialysis

1. the separation of substances in a solution by diffusion through a membrane [n -YSES]

Medical Definition of Dialysis

1. The process of separating crystalloids and colloids in solution by the difference in their rates of diffusion through a semipermeable membrane, crystalloids pass through readily, colloids very slowly or not at all. A medical procedure that uses a machine to filter waste products from the bloodstream and restore the bloods normal constituents. A necessary form of treatment in the patient with end-stage renal disease. In most circumstances, kidney dialysis is administered in a fixed schedule of three times per week. See: haemodialysis. Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution (26 Nov 1998)

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Literary usage of Dialysis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"Using this method of management, the overall cost of dialysis is reduced and a ... The total time involved is about the same as in center dialysis but the ..."

2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"The effect of heat in promoting diffusion appears, however, to be diminished in dialysis, at least with a parchment-paper septum. Thus the diffusion from a ..."

3. Versification of the Cauderna Vía as Found in Berceo's Vida de Santo Domingo by John Driscoll Fitz-Gerald (1905)
"Another license to which out- poets had recourse was the use of dialysis and synizesis. Synizesis is the coalescing into one' syllable of two vowels (or a ..."

4. A Handbook of Colloid-chemistry: The Recognition of Colloids, the Theory of by Carl Wilhelm Wolfgang Ostwald, Wolfgang Ostwald, Emil Hatschek (1919)
"One can readily accomplish a separation of the different classes of dispersed systems by dialysis. As a matter of fact, Graham called his fundamental work ..."

5. Health Care Technology And Its Assessment In Eight Countries edited by H. David Banta (2004)
"The KfH began to organize an infrastructure of independent centers for dialysis. Soon afterward, other nonprofit organizations were founded for the same ..."

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