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di⋅a⋅lyt⋅ic

[dahy-uh-lit-ik]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to dialysis.
2. characterized by or displaying dialysis.

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


di⋅a⋅lyt⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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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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