dialysis
noun[U]
medical,chemistryspecializeduk/daɪˈæl.ə.sɪs/us/daɪˈæl.ə.sɪs/aprocessofseparatingsubstancesfromliquidby putting them through athinpieceof skin-likematerial,especiallyinordertoremovewastesubstancesfrom thebloodof someone whosekidneysare notworkingcorrectly:
a dialysismachine透析机
kidneydialysis肾透析
She ison(= beingtreatedby)dialysis.她在接受透析治疗。
See also
dialyzer
- Heunderwenthis firstcourseof dialysis, a two-hourprocess.
- After sevenyearson dialysis, herconditionisdeteriorating.
- High-dependencypatients, such as thoserequiringdialysis, mustcontinueto betreatedduring thepandemic.
- Somepatientsvisitdialysiscentresmultipletimeseachweek.
Separating and dividing
- apheresis
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- clove
- dissociateyourselffromsomething
- dissociation
- disunite
- disunity
- divide/split(something)down the middleidiom
- fracture
- hive
- parcel
- polarized
- polarizer
- prophase
- pull
- pullsomething/someoneapart
- unravel