Dialysis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. 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.
  • n. Hemodialysis.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane
  • n. haemodialysis
  • n. The spelling out of alternatives, or presenting of either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.
  • n. Asyndeton.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Diæresis. See diæresis, 1.
  • n. Same as Asyndeton.
  • n.
  • n. Debility.
  • n. A solution of continuity; division; separation of parts.
  • n. The separation of different substances in solution, as crystalloids and colloids, by means of their unequal diffusion, especially through natural or artificial membranes.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In grammar:
  • n. In rhetoric:
  • n. In anatomy, separation of parts in general; dissolution of continuity of parts previously united.
  • n. In medicine, loss of strength; weakness of the limbs.
  • n. In chem., the act or process of separating the soluble crystalloid substances in a mixture from the colloid, depending on the principle that soluble crystalloid bodies will diffuse readily through a moist membrane, while colloids diffuse very slowly, if at all.
  • n. [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of dipterous insects.
  • n. In botany, the separation of parts normally united, especially the parts of a whorl.
  • n. In petrography, transformation of rocks by weathering and processes of disintegration: in contrast to processes of metamorphism.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes
  • Variant
    dialyses    diaeresis    asyndeton   
    Form
    dialytic    dialyze    dialytically   
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    debility    division   
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