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dialysis (iou)



dialysis noun. . M16.
[Latin from Greek dialusis, from dialuein part asunder, formed as DIA-1 + luein set free.]
Rhetoric. A statement of disjunctive propositions. M-L16.
= DIAERESIS 1, 2. E18-E19.
A process in which solutes are selectively removed from a solution as a result of their different abilities to pass through a semipermeable membrane; the use of such a process to purify the blood, e.g. of a person without adequately functioning kidneys; an occasion of undergoing this. M19.
renal dialysis: see RENAL adjective.
dia'lytic adjective M19.