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peritoneal dialysis

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A treatment for patients with severe chronic kidney disease in which fluids are exchanged from the blood in the patient's peritoneum in the abdomen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 腹膜透析 (fùmó tòuxī) — treatment for patients with severe chronic kidney disease
  • Finnish: vatsakalvodialyysi — treatment for patients with severe chronic kidney disease
  • Polish: dializa otrzewnowa — treatment for patients with severe chronic kidney disease
  • Russian: перитонеа́льный диа́лиз (peritoneálʹnyj diáliz) — treatment for patients with severe chronic kidney disease
  • Spanish: diálisis peritoneal — treatment for patients with severe chronic kidney disease