Dialyzer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The part of a hemodialysis machine that performs filtration by unequal diffusion through membranes

    "It mixes with the dialysis machine, and then it exchanges the elements through the blood; through the dialyzer."

  2. 2
    a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes wordnet

Example

More examples

"It mixes with the dialysis machine, and then it exchanges the elements through the blood; through the dialyzer."

Etymology

From dialyze + -er.

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