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Definition: Dialysis |
DialysisNoun1. Separation of substances in solution my means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dialysis" was first used: 1586. (references) |
Etymology: Dialysis \Di*al"y*sis\, noun; plural Dialyses. [Latin expression, separation, from the Greek expression, from to part asunder, dissolve; dia` through to loose.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | The separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semi-permeable membranes. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A method of separating compounds in solution or suspension by their differing rates of diffusion through a semipermeable membrane, some colloidal particles not moving through at all, some moving slowly, and others diffusing quite readily. CF:osmosisSee also:electrodialysis. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In a clinical context:
Dialysis is a method for removing waste such as urea from the blood when the kidneys can no longer do the job. The two types of dialysis are: hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.
In hemodialysis, the patient's blood is passed through a tube into a machine that filters out waste products. The cleansed blood is then returned to the body.
In peritoneal dialysis, a special solution is run through a tube into the peritoneum, a thin tissue that lines the cavity of the abdomen. The body's waste products are removed through the tube.
There are three types of peritoneal dialysis. Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), the most common type, needs no machine and can be done at home. Continuous cyclic peritoneal dialysis (CCPD) uses a machine and is usually performed at night when the person is sleeping. Intermittent peritoneal dialysis (IPD) uses the same type of machine as CCPD, but is usually done in the hospital because treatment takes longer. Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis may be used to treat people with diabetes who have kidney failure.
It works by having the blood flow along one side of a semi-permeable membrane, with the dialysis solution (usually a highly concentrated saline) flowing along the other side. Due to the difference in osmolarity between the two liquids, water traverses the membrane in order to dilute the dialysis liquid, carrying along the unwanted blood contents.
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In a biochemical laboratory context:
Dialysis also refers to a common laboratory technique which operates on the same principle as clinical dialysis described above. Typically a solution of several types of molecules is placed in dialysis tubing, and the tubing is sealed. The sealed tube is placed jar of a different solution, or pure water. Molecules small enough to pass through the tubing (often water, salts and other small molecules) tend to move into or out of the tubing, in the direction of decreasing concentration. Larger molecules (often proteins, DNA, or polysaccharides) cannot pass through the tubing. One common reason for using this technique would be to remove the salt from a protein solution.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dialysis."
Crosswords: Dialysis |
| English words defined with "dialysis": apheresis, artificial kidney ♦ dialyse, Dialyses, Dialyzate, Dialyzation, dialyze ♦ haemodialysis, hemodialysis, hemodialyzer ♦ pheresis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "dialysis": acute tubular, alkali bentonite, alkaline-earth bentonite ♦ chronic renal ♦ dialysate, DIALYSIS TECHNICIAN, dwell time ♦ electrodialysis ♦ hemodialysis technicia ♦ Kt/V ♦ Medicare Part A, Membranes, Artificial ♦ Peritoneal Dialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory ♦ Sodium Acetate, Sorption Detoxification ♦ URR. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "dialysis": Dialytic. (references) |
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Screenplays | I'm waiting for dialysis. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; writing credit: Leonard Nimoy; Harve Bennett) I had to learn to jump start ambulances, to get invalids to the dialysis machines (My Blue Heaven; writing credit: Nora Ephron) | |
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Health | You won't need dialysis. (references) | |
There are three types of peritoneal dialysis. (references) | ||
But some people on dialysis need to gain weight. (references) | ||
Business | The most promising subsectors for U.S. firms include dialysis equipment, magnetic resonance imaging and other diagnostic equipment, and medical lasers. (references) | |
Economic History | Mauritius | The contracts for the angiography and dialysis machines have not been awarded yet. (references) |
Mauritius | In its 2001-02 Budget, government has made provision for the payment of two CT scans, one Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine, 32 dialysis machines and one digital angiography machine. (references) | |
Philippines | The best market prospects for industrial wastewater are: water recycling systems; economizers; boiling and cooling towers and heat recovery steam generators; filtering and purifying machinery; apparatus for liquid waste and parts such as dialysis and electrodialysis apparatus, and filtration systems. (references) | |
Human Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | The closures have made it impossible for most patients living outside large cities who need repeated medical treatment, such as dialysis or physical therapy, to reach medical centers on a regular basis. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | In one example of a closure-related death, Sabri Amin Awad, a 49-year-old Palestinian man from al-Ras (near Tulkarem), died on June 10 after failing to reach the Nablus hospital in time for his dialysis treatment. (references) | |
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| "Dialysis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dialysis" is used about 109 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% | 109 | 31,132 |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Dialysis Corporation of America |
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Expressions using "dialysis": dialysis machine ♦ Dialysis Solutions ♦ kidney dialysis machine ♦ Peritoneal Dialysis ♦ Renal Dialysis. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "dialysis": electro-dialysis. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "dialysis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | dializë. (various references) | |
Arabic | دياليز فارز, دياليز الميز الغشائي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | диализа. (various references) | |
Chinese | 透析. (various references) | |
Czech | dialýza. (various references) | |
Danish | dialyse (haemodialysis, kidney dialysis, renal dialysis). (various references) | |
Dutch | dialyse (haemodialysis). (various references) | |
Finnish | dialyysilaite (dialysis machine). (various references) | |
French | dialyse (kidney dialysis, renal dialysis). (various references) | |
German | Dialyse (kidney dialysis, renal dialysis). (various references) | |
Greek | διάλυση (annulment, breakup, dilution, disbandment, disintegration, dissipation, dissolution, maceration, resolution, solution). (various references) | |
Hungarian | dialízis. (various references) | |
Italian | dialisi. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 透析療法 (dialytic treatment), 透析 , 人工透析 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | じ""うとうせき, とうせきりょうほう (dialytic treatment), とうせき (membership in a party, party register, soapstone, stone throwing). (various references) | |
Korean | 투석. (various references) | |
Manx | scag-heeley (dialyse). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ialysisday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | diálise (kidney dialysis, renal dialysis). (various references) | |
Romanian | dializã. (various references) | |
Russian | диализ. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dijaliza. (various references) | |
Spanish | diálisis. (various references) | |
Swedish | dialysator (dialysis machine), konstgjord njure (kidney machine). (various references) | |
Turkish | diyaliz, kanı süzerek temizleme. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | діаліз. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | dialysis. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "dialysis": electrodialysis, hemodialysis. (additional references) | |
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"Dialysis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dialasis, dialisis, dialyser, disalysis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dialysis" (pronounced dīa"lusus) |
| 6 | -a" l u s u s | analysis, psychoanalysis, urinalysis. |
| 5 | -l u s u s | electrolysis, hydrolysis. |
| 4 | -u s u s | antithesis, archdiocese, diocese, Genesis, hypothesis, metamorphosis, morphogenesis, nemesis, organogenesis, photosynthesis, psoriasis, synthesis. |
| 3 | -s u s | acidosis, amniocentesis, apotheosis, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, axis, catharsis, census, cirrhosis, colossus, consensus, crisis, diagnosis, fibrosis, geotaxis, glacis, heterosis, homeostasis, hypnosis, meiosis, misdiagnosis, Narcissus, necrosis, nephrosis, neurofibromatosis, neurosis, nexus, phototaxis, plexus, preadolescence, proboscis, prognosis, prosthesis, psychokinesis, psychosis, rhesus, sclerosis, symbiosis, synopsis, Tarsus, telexes, Texas, thesis, thrombosis, tuberculosis, versus. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-i-l-s-s-y" | |
-1 letter: saiyids, sialids. | |
-2 letters: iliads, saiyid, sayids, sialid. | |
-3 letters: daily, daisy, dials, idyls, iliad, lysis, lyssa, sadis, sadly, saids, sails, sayid, sials, silds, sisal, slays, sylis. | |
-4 letters: aids, ails, dais, dals, days, dial, diss, idly, idyl, ilia, lads, lady, laid, lass, lays, lids, sadi, said, sail, sals, says, sial, sild, slay, slid, syli, yald, yids. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-i-l-s-s-y" | |
+2 letters: radiolysis. | |
+3 letters: amyloidosis, polydipsias, syndicalism, syndicalist. | |
+4 letters: disloyalties, dissimilarly, dissipatedly, dissuasively, fastidiously, hemodialysis, inadmissibly, sadistically, sinusoidally, staphylinids, subsidiarily, syndicalisms, syndicalists. | |
+5 letters: admissibility, declassifying, disposability, dispraisingly, dissimilarity, dissimilatory, indispensably, indissociably. | |
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