Meaning & use

Dialyzing

verb·Academic

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Present participle of "dialyze": undergoing or performing dialysis, the process of separating substances in a solution, especially removing waste from blood.

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The patient spends four hours dialyzing at the clinic three times a week.

The nurse explained the machine used for dialyzing the patient's blood in simple terms.

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Most commonly encountered in a medical context referring to kidney dialysis, though the term also applies in chemistry.

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