dialysisnoun [ U ]
uk/daɪˈæl.ə.sɪs/us/daɪˈæl.ə.sɪs/specializeda process of separating substances from liquid by putting them through a thin piece of skin-like material, especially to make pure the blood of people whose kidneys are not working correctly:
a dialysis machine
kidney dialysis
She is on (= being treated by) dialysis.
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Separating and dividing
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- bifurcate
- bifurcation
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- borderline
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- dissociate yourself from sth
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- divide/split (sth) down the middle idiom
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- quarter
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- resolve
- resolve sth into sth
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