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haemodialysis

haemodialysis noun: the use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.

Noun

haemodialysis (countable and uncountable, plural haemodialyses)

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

Forms of haemodialysis

pluralhaemodialyses
alternative formhemodialysis

Origin of haemodialysis

From haemo- + dialysis.

Questions about haemodialysis

What does haemodialysis mean?
Haemodialysis means the use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.
What part of speech is haemodialysis?
Haemodialysis is a noun.
What is the plural of haemodialysis?
The plural of haemodialysis is haemodialyses.

Words near haemodialysis in the dictionary

  1. haemodiafiltrations
  2. haemodialysed
  3. haemodialyser
  4. haemodialysers
  5. haemodialyses
  6. haemodialysis
  7. haemodialytic
  8. haemodialyzer
  9. haemodialyzers
  10. haemodichorial
  11. haemodiluted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: haemodialysis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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