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Used in the case of kidney failure
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hemodialysis
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n. dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure [syn: haemodialysis ] [also: hemodialyses (pl)]
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Hemodialysis , also spelled haemodialysis , commonly called kidney dialysis or simply dialysis , is a process of purifying the blood of a person whose kidneys are not working normally. This type of dialysis achieves the extracorporeal removal of waste products ...
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n. (cx medicine English) the use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure
Usage examples of hemodialysis.
It was staffed around the clock by doctors and nurses specially trained in hemodialysis, and fitted with an American-manufactured artificial kidney machine to deal with acute kidney failure.
Ten months in power, Andropov, at 69, was suffering from chronic kidney disease and kept alive by regular sessions of hemodialysis that filtered noxious waste out of his blood stream.
The General Secretary had just completed another grueling session of hemodialysis on the American artificial kidney machine.