Definition of Haemodialysis

1. Noun. Dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure.

Exact synonyms: Hemodialysis
Generic synonyms: Dialysis

Definition of Haemodialysis

1. Noun. (medicine) the use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Haemodialysis

1. The removal of certain elements from the blood by virtue of the difference in the rates of their diffusion through a semipermeable membrane, for example, by means of a haemodialysis machine or filter. Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haemodialysis

haemocytoblasts
haemocytocatheresis
haemocytolysis
haemocytoma
haemocytometer
haemocytometry
haemocytotripsis
haemocytotrypsis
haemocytozoon
haemoderivative
haemoderivatives
haemodiafiltration
haemodiagnosis
haemodialysed
haemodialyses
haemodialysis (current term)
haemodialysis solutions
haemodialyzer
haemodiastase
haemodilution
haemodromograph
haemodromographs
haemodromometer
haemodynameter
haemodynamic
haemodynamically
haemodynamics
haemodynamometer
haemodyscrasia
haemodystrophy

Literary usage of Haemodialysis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Randomised placebo-controlled trial of hepatitis B surface antigen vaccine in French haemodialysis units: I, medical staff. Lancet 1981:i:455-459. 139. ..."

2. Health Care Technology And Its Assessment In Eight Countries edited by H. David Banta (2004)
""Low Dose Erythropoietin in Maintenance haemodialysis: Improvement in Quality of Life and Reduction in True Cost of haemodialysis," Aust. NZ Med. ..."

3. Portugal: Volume 2006 Issue 4 by OECD Staff, OECD. (2004)
"Anti-diabetics, anti-epileptics, anti-Parkinson's, anti-neoplasm and immuno-modulators, growth and anti-diuretic hormones, specific drugs for haemodialysis, ..."

4. Socio-economic Rights in the South African Constitution by Mandla Seleoane (1996)
"The only treatment that could keep him alive was haemodialysis, and it was available at the renal unit of the Addington Hospital, Durban. ..."

5. Toxicological Profile for Aluminum (Update) (2001)
"Potentiation of aluminum absorption by effervescent analgesic tablets in a haemodialysis patient. Br Med J 304:1686. *Maitani T, Kubota H, Hori N, et al. ..."

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