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HEMODIALYZER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hemodialyzer mean? 

HEMODIALYZER (noun)
  The noun HEMODIALYZER has 1 sense:

1. a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's bodyplay

  Familiarity information: HEMODIALYZER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEMODIALYZER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

artificial kidney; hemodialyzer

Hypernyms ("hemodialyzer" is a kind of...):

dialysis machine; dialyzer (a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes)


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