dialysate
noun
di·al·y·sate
dī-ˈa-lə-ˌzāt 
-ˌsāt
-ˌsāt
variants
or less commonly dialyzate
: the material that passes through the membrane in dialysis
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For years, water from the couple's tap was piped into Otis' hemodialysis machine that filters and warms the water, then mixes it into a dialysate that filters the longtime EMT driver's blood.
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dialysate
noun
di·al·y·sate
dī-ˈal-ə-ˌzāt
-ˌsāt
-ˌsāt
variants
also dialyzate
1
: the material that passes through the membrane in dialysis
called also diffusate
2
: the liquid into which material passes by way of the membrane in dialysis
called also diffusate
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