dialysis

Meaning

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

Synonyms

annulment

breakup

dilution

disbandment

disintegration

dissipation

dissolution

hemodialysis

maceration

resolution

solution

dialyse

haemodialysis

dialytic treatment

Translations

dialyse

Dialyse

dialisi

diálisis

diálise

diyaliz

diàlisi

Blutwäsche

dialyse

διάλυση

emodialisi

hémodialyse

hemodiálise

dialyse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/daɪˈælɪsɪs/

Etymology

From Latin dialysis, from Ancient Greek διάλυσις (diálusis). By surface analysis, dia- + -lysis. First use appears c. 1550.