Meaning of Dialysis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
   countable, uncountable
2. The use of this method for the removal of waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure: hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.
   countable, uncountable
3. The spelling out of alternatives, or presenting of either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.
   countable, rhetoric, uncountable
4. asyndeton.
   countable, rhetoric, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.”

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