hemodialyzer
/ˌhiːmoʊˈdaɪəlaɪzər/
noun
- A machine used to filter waste products and excess fluid from the blood when a person's kidneys are not working properly.
- The hospital's dialysis unit has ten hemodialyzers to treat multiple patients at once.
- Modern hemodialyzers are smaller and more efficient than older models.
- The patient was connected to a hemodialyzer for three hours to clean her blood.
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