Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: haemodialysis (haemodialyses)  ,hee-mow-dI'a-lu-sis
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: hemodialysis)
  1. Dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure
    - hemodialysis [N. Amer], dialysis

Derived forms: haemodialyses

Type of: dialysis

Encyclopedia: Haemodialysis

Nearest

haematopoiesis
haematopoietic
Haematopus
Haematoxylon
Haematoxylum
Haematoxylum campechianum
haematuria
haemic
haemitin
haemo-
haemodialysis
Haemodoraceae
Haemodorum
haemodynamic
haemodynamics
haemogenesis
haemoglobin
haemoglobinemia
haemoglobinopathy
haemoglobinuria
haemolysin