dialysis

English

Etymology

Dated in the late 16th century CE; from Ancient Greek διά (diá, “inter-, through”) and λύειν (lúein, “loosen”); synchronically, dia- +‎ -lysis.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /daɪˈælɪsɪs/

Noun

dialysis (countable and uncountable, plural dialyses)

  1. (chemistry) A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
  2. (medicine) Utilization of this method for removal of waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure: hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.
    • 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist‎, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
      An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
  3. (rhetoric) The spelling out of alternatives, or presenting of either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.
  4. (rhetoric) Asyndeton.

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Latin

Noun

dialysis f (genitive dialysis); third declension

  1. separation

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Case Singular Plural
nominative dialysis dialysēs
genitive dialysis dialysium
dative dialysī dialysibus
accusative dialysem
dialysim		 dialysēs
dialysīs
ablative dialyse
dialysī		 dialysibus
vocative dialysis dialysēs

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