dialytic

adjective

di·​a·​lyt·​ic ¦dīə¦litik 

: being or manifesting dialysis

Word History

Etymology

Greek dialytikos able to sever, destructive, from dialytos capable of dissolution (from dialyein to dissolve) + -ikos -ic

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for dialytic

• analytic
• anxiolytic
• astrocytic
• austenitic
• catalytic
• cytolytic
• dioritic
• diphtheritic
• dolomitic
• endophytic
• epiphytic
• glauconitic