dialysis
/daɪˈæləsɪs/
noun
- A medical process that removes waste products and excess fluid from the blood when the kidneys are not working properly.
- Her father goes to the clinic three times a week for dialysis.
- Dialysis can be done at home with the right training and equipment.
- The doctor explained that dialysis helps keep the body's chemistry balanced.
- The separation of substances in a liquid using a semipermeable membrane, used in chemistry and biology.
- The chemistry student set up a dialysis experiment to separate small molecules from large ones.
- In the lab, they used dialysis to remove salt from the protein solution.
- Dialysis is a common technique for purifying enzymes.