dialysis
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1. separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | apheresis, pheresis, |
| definition | : | a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | haemodialysis, hemodialysis, |
| definition | : | dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | osmosis, |
| definition | : | (biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | dialyse, dialyze, |
| definition | : | separate by dialysis (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | dialyse, dialyze, |
| definition | : | separate by dialysis (verb.change) |
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