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dialysis

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /daɪˈælɪsɪs/
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  • CMU ARPABET: D AY0 AE1 L AH0 S AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The use of this method for the removal of waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure: hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The spelling out of alternatives, or presenting of either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

asyndeton.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable

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5

noun

Meaning 5

separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemical analysis, qualitative analysis

Narrower terms: apheresis, pheresis, hemodialysis, haemodialysis

History

Etymology

From Latin dialysis, from Ancient Greek διάλυσις (diálusis). By surface analysis, dia- + -lysis. First use appears c. 1550.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غَسِيل كِلَى (ḡasīl kilā) — chemical method
  • Bulgarian: диализа (dializa) — chemical method
  • Catalan: diàlisi — chemical method
  • Chinese Mandarin: 透析 (tòuxī) — chemical method
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滲析 /渗析 (shènxī) — chemical method
  • Finnish: dialyysi — chemical method
  • French: dialyse — chemical method
  • German: Dialyse — chemical method
  • Hungarian: dialízis — chemical method
  • Indonesian: dialisis — chemical method
  • Italian: dialisi — chemical method
  • Japanese: 透析 (tōseki) — chemical method
  • Latin: dialysis — chemical method
  • Malay: dialisis — chemical method
  • Russian: диа́лиз (diáliz) — chemical method
  • Spanish: diálisis — chemical method
  • Ukrainian: діа́ліз (diáliz) — chemical method
  • Bulgarian: диализа (dializa) — medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
  • Catalan: diàlisi — medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
  • Czech: dialýza — medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
  • Finnish: dialyysi — medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
  • French: dialyse — medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
  • German: Dialyse — medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
  • Greek: αιμοκάθαρση (aimokátharsi) — medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
  • Hebrew: דיאליזה — medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
  • Hungarian: dialízis — medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
  • Hungarian: művesekezelés — medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
  • Indonesian: dialisis — medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
  • Indonesian: cuci darah — medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
  • Italian: dialisi — medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
  • Malay: dialisis — medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
  • Spanish: diálisis — medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
  • Turkish: diyaliz — medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
  • Ukrainian: діа́ліз (diáliz) — medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
  • Finnish: dialyysi — rhetoric: spelling out of alternatives, or presenting either-or arguments
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