hemodialysis

English

Alternative forms

haemodialysis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αἱμο- (haimo-, “blood”) +‎ διάλυσις (diálusis, “separation, dissolution”), from διαλύω (dialúō, “I separate”), from διά (diá, “through”) +‎ λύω (lúō, “I loose”). Synchronically, hemo- +‎ dialysis.

Noun

hemodialysis (countable and uncountable, plural hemodialyses)

(medicine) A dialysis utilizing extracorporeal removal of waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.

Related terms

Translations

extracorporeal dialysis

Armenian: հեմոդիալիզ (hemodializ)
Bulgarian: хемодиализа f (hemodializa)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 洗腎, 洗肾 (sai² san⁶)

Mandarin: 洗腎, 洗肾 (xǐshèn), 血液透析 (zh) (xuèyètòuxi)
Czech: hemodialýza (cs) f
Finnish: hemodialyysi (fi)
French: hémodialyse (fr) f

German: Hämodialyse f, Dialyse (de) f, Blutreinigung f, Blutwäsche f
Greek: αιμοδιάλυση (el) f (aimodiálysi)
Italian: emodialisi (it) f
Japanese: 血液透析 (けつえきとうせき, ketsueki tōseki)
Polish: hemodializa f
Portuguese: hemodiálise (pt) f
Russian: гемодиа́лиз (ru) m (gemodiáliz)
Slovak: hemodialýza (sk) f

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