dialyzer

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Etymology[edit]

dialyze +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

dialyzer (plural dialyzers)

  1. (medicine) The part of a hemodialysis machine that performs filtration by unequal diffusion through membranes
    • 2011 August 3, Rich Wisniewski, “Healthy Families, Healthy Homes: Dialysis Unit Reopens”, in KFYR-TV[1]:
      It mixes with the dialysis machine, and then it exchanges the elements through the blood; through the dialyzer.

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