hemodialysis

noun

he·​mo·​di·​al·​y·​sis ˌhē-mō-dī-ˈa-lə-səs How to pronounce hemodialysis (audio)

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She was hooked up to a hemodialysis machine where her blood flowed out of her body to be purified and was then transferred back into her body where it was reabsorbed. Literary Hub, 1 June 2026 In Japan, the oil crisis has sparked fears that patients with chronic kidney failure won’t be able to get treatment due to a lack of plastic medical tubes used in hemodialysis. Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026 However, it has been seen in many groups of people, including people who are pregnant, people who work in factories, and people receiving hemodialysis (kidney failure treatment).5 Vitamin D also indirectly regulates melatonin production. Kirstyn Hill, Health, 1 Apr. 2026 Medicare costs for one patient’s hemodialysis treatment is approximately $100,000 annually. Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hemodialysis

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First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hemodialysis was in 1947

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Medical Definition

hemodialysis

noun
he·​mo·​di·​al·​y·​sis
variants or chiefly British haemodialysis
plural hemodialyses -ˌsēz How to pronounce hemodialysis (audio)

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