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di·a·lyt·ic

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–adjective

1.	of or pertaining to dialysis.

2.	characterized by or displaying dialysis.

[Origin: 1840–50; < Gk dialytikós; see dia-, -lytic

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—Related forms

di·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb

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di·al·y·sis Audio Help (dī-āl'ĭ-sĭs) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. di·al·y·ses (-sēz')

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.
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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Dialytic

Di`a*lyt"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ?. See Dialysis.] Having the quality of unloosing or separating. --Clarke.

Dialytic telescope, an achromatic telescope in which the colored dispersion produced by a single object lens of crown glass is corrected by a smaller concave lens, or combination of lenses, of high dispersive power, placed at a distance in the narrower part of the converging cone of rays, usually near the middle of the tube.

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