DIALYSIS

Dialysis

In medicine dialysis is a process for removing waste and excess water from the blood, and is used primarily as an artificial replacement for lost kidney function in people with renal failure. Dialysis may be used for those with an acute disturbance in kidney function, or progressive but chronically worsening kidney function–a state known as chronic kidney disease stage 5 . The latter form may develop over months or years, but in contrast to acute kidney injury is not usually reversible, and dialysis is regarded as a "holding measure" until a renal transplant can be performed, or sometimes as the only supportive measure in those for whom a transplant ...

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dialysis

Noun

  1. A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
  2. Haemodialysis.
  3. The spelling out of alternatives, or presenting of either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.
  4. Asyndeton.


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