dialysis
English edit
Etymology edit
Dated in the late 16th century C.E.; from Latin dialysis, from Ancient Greek διάλυσις (diálusis). By surface analysis, dia- + -lysis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dialysis (countable and uncountable, plural dialyses)
- (chemistry) A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
- (medicine) Use of this method for removal of waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure: hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.
- Coordinate term: artificial kidney
- 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
- An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
- (rhetoric) The spelling out of alternatives, or presenting of either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.
- (rhetoric) Asyndeton.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
chemical method
medicine: artificial removal of waste products from the blood
rhetoric: asyndeton — see asyndeton
References edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “dialysis”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Silva Rhetoricae
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek διάλυσις (diálusis).
Noun edit
dialysis f (genitive dialysis or dialyseōs or dialysios); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dialysis | dialysēs dialyseis |
Genitive | dialysis dialyseōs dialysios |
dialysium |
Dative | dialysī | dialysibus |
Accusative | dialysim dialysin dialysem1 |
dialysēs dialysīs |
Ablative | dialysī dialyse1 |
dialysibus |
Vocative | dialysis dialysi |
dialysēs dialyseis |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
References edit
- “dialysis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press