Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Dialysis

A process of selective diffusion through a membrane. It is usually used to separate low-molecular-weight solutes which diffuse through the membrane from the colloidal and high-molecular-weight solutes which do not. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

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A process of selective diffusion through a membrane. It is usually used to separate low-molecular-weight solutes which diffuse through the membrane from the colloidal and high-molecular-weight solutes which do not. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

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  • Dialyses

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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.

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anal & phys chem process; NIM; in ther of kidney dis "dialysis" is likely to be RENAL DIALYSIS or PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; nothing to do with "dialysis retinae" ( = RETINAL DIALYSES see RETINAL PERFORATIONS)

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  1. E05.196w.353w
  2. G02.186w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dialysis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003956. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003956
  2. Dialysis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialysis_(chemistry)
  3. Dialysis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15043671