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Definition: Haemodialysis |
HaemodialysisNoun1. Dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | The removal of certain elements from the blood by virtue of the difference in the rates of their diffusion through a semipermeable membrane, e.g., by means of a haemodialyzer. (references) |
Public Administration | Treatment intended to correct disturbances of or clear toxic accumulation in a patient's blood by means of circulating it outside the body(extracorporeal)through specialized equipment called a haemodialyser or artificial kidney; in accidents, very useful for crush syndrome. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: HaemodialysisSynonym: hemodialysis (n). (additional references) |
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Economic History | Malaysia | There is an increasing demand for haemodialysis treatment, organ transplants, microsurgery, and corrective surgery for congenital disorders. (references) |
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| "Haemodialysis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Haemodialysis" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 12 | 101,599 |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
haemodialysis | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "haemodialysis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | haemodialyseapparat, haemodialyse, hæmodialyse, hæmodialyse, kunstig nyre (artificial kidney, haemodialyzer, kidney dialysis machine), dialyse (dialysis, kidney dialysis, renal dialysis). (various references) | |
Dutch | hemodialyse. (various references) | |
Finnish | hemodialyysi. (various references) | |
French | hémodialyseur, hémodialyse. (various references) | |
German | Haemodialyse, Hämodyalisator, Hämodialyse, Hämodialyse, Blutwäsche (kidney dialysis, renal dialysis). (various references) | |
Greek | αιμοκάθαρση,αιμοδιαπήδηση, αιμοδιύλιση, αιμοδιάλυση. (various references) | |
Italian | emodialisi (hemodialysis, kidney dialysis, renal dialysis). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aemodialysishay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | hemodiálise, hemodiálise. (various references) | |
Spanish | hemodiálisis (hemodialysis). (various references) | |
Swedish | hemodialys. (various references) | |
Ukranian | гемодіаліз (hemodialysis). (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-h-i-i-l-m-o-s-s-y" | |
-1 letter: hemodialysis. | |
-4 letters: ashamedly, halidomes, headsails, hemiolias, hemolysis, idealisms, semisolid. | |
-5 letters: alamodes, amidases, amylases, amyloids, amyloses, assailed, assoiled, damosels, demolish, dialyses, dialysis, dishelms, halidome, halidoms, headsail, hemiolas, hemiolia, holidays, homilies, hyaloids, idealism, idolises, idolisms, isoleads, lehayims, maladies, malaises, massedly, melodias, midsoles, miladies, misdeals, misdials, misleads, modishly, samoyeds, sashayed, sesamoid, shamoyed. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01100101 01101101 01101111 01100100 01101001 01100001 01101100 01111001 01110011 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a e m o d i a l y s i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 0065 006D 006F 0064 0069 0061 006C 0079 0073 0069 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42677179817075677891857585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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