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HAEMODIALYSIS
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Irregular inflected form: haemodialyses
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure
Synonyms:
haemodialysis; hemodialysis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("haemodialysis" is a kind of...):
dialysis (separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes)
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