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di⋅al⋅y⋅sis

  [dahy-al-uh-sis]
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–noun, plural -ses  [-seez] .
1. Physical Chemistry. the separation of crystalloids from colloids in a solution by diffusion through a membrane.
2. Biochemistry. the separation of large molecules, as proteins, from small molecules and ions in a solution by allowing the latter to pass through a semipermeable membrane.
3. Medicine/Medical. (in kidney disease) the process by which uric acid and urea are removed from circulating blood by means of a dialyzer.
Origin:
1580–90; < LL < Gk diálysis a separation. See dia-, -lysis
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di⋅a⋅lyze

  [dahy-uh-lahyz] verb, -lyzed, -lyz⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to subject to dialysis; separate or procure by dialysis.
–verb (used without object)
2. to undergo dialysis.
Also, especially British, di⋅a⋅lyse.

Origin:
1860–65; dia- + -lyze

Related forms:
di⋅a⋅lyz⋅a⋅ble, adjective
di⋅a⋅lyz⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
di⋅a⋅ly⋅za⋅tion, noun
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di·al·y·sis   (dī-āl'ĭ-sĭs)   
n.   pl. di·al·y·ses (-sēz')

  1. The separation of smaller molecules from larger molecules or of dissolved substances from colloidal particles in a solution by selective diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.

  2. Hemodialysis.


[Greek dialusis, separating, dissolution, from dialūein, to break up, dissolve : dia-, apart; see dia- + lūein, to loosen; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]
di'a·lyt'ic (-ə-lĭt'ĭk) adj., di'a·lyt'i·cal·ly adv.
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Cultural Dictionary

dialysis [(deye-al-uh-sis)]

The separation of large molecules from small molecules by passage through a membrane.

Note: A common treatment for kidney disease is the use of a dialysis machine to filter toxic substances from the blood, a function that the kidneys normally perform.
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Word Origin & History

dialysis 
1586, from Gk. dialysis "dissolution, separation," from dialyein "dissolve, separate," from dia- "apart" + lyein "loosen." Used originally in logic and grammar; chemistry sense is first recorded 1861, medicine 1914.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: di·al·y·sis
Pronunciation: dI-'al-&-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural di·al·y·ses /-"sEz/
1 : the separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes;especially : such a separation of colloids from soluble substances
2 : either of two medical procedures to remove wastes or toxins from the blood and adjust fluidand electrolyte imbalances by utilizing rates at which substances diffuse through a semipermeable membrane: a : the process of removing blood from an artery (as of a kidney patient),purifying it by dialysis, adding vital substances, and returning it to a vein called also hemodialysis b : a procedure performed in the peritoneal cavity in which the peritoneumacts as the semipermeable membrane called also peritoneal dialysis —di·a·lyt·ic /"dI-&-'lit-ik/ adjective

Main Entry: di·a·lyze
Variant: or British di·a·lyse /'dI-&-"lIz/
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -lyzed or British -lysed; -lyz·ing or British -lys·ing
Function: transitive verb
: to subject to dialysis : separate orobtain by dialysis dialyze intransitive senses
: to undergo dialysis : diffuse through a suitable membrane
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Medical Dictionary

dialysis di·al·y·sis (dī-āl'ĭ-sĭs)
n. pl. di·al·y·ses (-sēz')

  1. The separation of smaller molecules from larger molecules or of dissolved substances from colloidal particles in a solution by selective diffusion through a semipermeable membrane. Also called diffusion.

  2. Hemodialysis.

di'a·lyt'ic (-ə-lĭt'ĭk) adj.

dialyze di·a·lyze (dī'ə-līz')
v. di·a·lyzed, di·a·lyz·ing, di·a·lyz·es
To subject to or undergo dialysis or hemodialysis.

di'a·lyz'a·bil'i·ty n.
di'a·lyz'a·ble adj.

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