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Definition of dialysis noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dialysis

noun
 
/ˌdaɪˈæləsɪs/
 
/ˌdaɪˈæləsɪs/
[uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. a process for separating substances from a liquid, especially for taking waste substances out of the blood of people with damaged kidneys
    • kidney/renal dialysis
    • a dialysis machine
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDialysis is used before these nouns:
    • machine
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    Word Originmid 19th cent.: via Latin from Greek dialusis, from dialuein ‘split, separate’, from dia ‘apart’ + luein ‘set free’.
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