DIALYSIS MACHINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dialysis machine mean? 

• DIALYSIS MACHINE (noun)
  The noun DIALYSIS MACHINE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DIALYSIS MACHINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIALYSIS MACHINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dialysis machine; dialyzer

Hypernyms ("dialysis machine" is a kind of...):

medical instrument (instrument used in the practice of medicine)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dialysis machine"):

artificial kidney; hemodialyzer (a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body)

 Context examples 

It involves the extracorporeal removal of harmful wastes and fluids from the blood using a dialysis machine.

(Hemodialysis, NCI Thesaurus)

The fluid which runs through a dialysis machine and captures, for discard or analysis, the excess water and waste from the blood stream through diffusion and ultrafiltration.

(Dialysis Fluid, NCI Thesaurus)

A reduced-volume form of the liquid that is used in a dialysis machine to carry away waste products.

(Dialysate Concentrate Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)