DIALYSIS


Meaning of DIALYSIS in English

/duy al"euh sis/ , n. , pl. dialyses /-seez'/ .

1. Physical Chem. the separation of crystalloids from colloids in a solution by diffusion through a membrane.

2. Biochem. 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. Med. (in kidney disease) the process by which uric acid and urea are removed from circulating blood by means of a dialyzer.

[ 1580-90; diálysis a separation. See DIA-, -LYSIS ]

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