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dialyzer /di·a·lyz·er/ (di´ah-līz″er) hemodialyzer.
di·a·lyz·er (d-lzr)
n.
1. A machine equipped with a semipermeable membrane and used for performing dialysis.
2. A hemodialyzer.

Dialyzer
An artificial kidney usually composed of hollow fiber which is used in hemodialysis to eliminate waste products from the blood and remove excess fluids from the bloodstream.
Mentioned in: Dialysis, Kidney

dialyzer
[dī′əlī′zər]
Etymology: Gk, dia + lysis, loosening
1 a machine used in dialysis.
2 a semipermeable membrane or porous diaphragm in a dialysis machine. See also dialysis, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis.

dialyzer [di´ah-līz″er]
1. an apparatus for performing dialysis.

dialyzer
an apparatus for performing dialysis; a hemodialyzer.


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