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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dialysis \Di*al"y*sis\, n.; pl {Dialyses}. [L., separation, fr Gr ?, fr ? to part asunder, dissolve; dia` through + ? to loose.] 1. (Gram.) Di[ae]resis. See {Di[ae]resis}, 1. 2. (Rhet.) Same as {Asyndeton}. 3. (Med.) a Debility. b A solution of continuity; division; separation of parts 4. (Chem.) The separation of different substances in solution, as crystalloids and colloids, by means of their unequal diffusion, especially through natural or artificial membranes. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dialysis n : separation of substances in solution my means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes
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