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ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body
Synonyms:
artificial kidney; hemodialyzer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("artificial kidney" is a kind of...):
dialysis machine; dialyzer (a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes)
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