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Webster 1913 Edition
Dialysis
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Di-al′y-sis
,Noun.
pl.
Dialyses
(#)
. [L., separation, fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to part asunder, dissolve;
διά
through + [GREEK] to loose.] 3.
(Med.)
(a)
Debility.
(b)
A solution of continuity; division; separation of parts.
4.
(Chem.)
The separation of different substances in solution, as crystalloids and colloids, by means of their unequal diffusion, especially through natural or artificial membranes.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dialysis
DIALYSIS
,Noun.
1.
A mark in writing or printing, consisting of two points placed over one of two vowels, to dissolve a diphthong, or to show that the two vowels are to be separated in pronunciation; as, aer, mosaic.2.
In medicine, debility; also, a solution of continuity.Definition 2024
dialysis
dialysis
English
Noun
dialysis (plural dialyses)
- (chemistry) A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
- (medicine) Haemodialysis.
- 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
- 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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- (rhetoric) The spelling out of alternatives, or presenting of either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.
- (rhetoric) Asyndeton.
Derived terms
- dialytic
- dialytically
- dialyze, dialyse
- haemodialysis, hemodialysis
- histodialysis
Translations
chemical method
haemodialysis — see haemodialysis
References
- “dialysis” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
- Silva Rhetoricae
Latin
Noun
dialysis f (genitive dialysis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dialysis | dialysēs |
| genitive | dialysis | dialysium |
| dative | dialysī | dialysibus |
| accusative | dialysem dialysim |
dialysēs dialysīs |
| ablative | dialyse dialysī |
dialysibus |
| vocative | dialysis | dialysēs |
References
- dialysis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press