| dialysis disequilibrium syndrome | <syndrome> Nausea, vomiting, and hypertension, occasionally with convulsions, developing within several hours after starting haemodialysis for renal failure; apparently caused by too rapid removal of urea from the extracellular fluid compartment, with movement of water into cells, and cerebral oedema. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dialysis encephalopathy syndrome | <syndrome> A progressive (often fatal) diffuse encephalopathy which occurs in a few patients who undergo chronic haemodialysis, dementia is a key feature (27 Sep 1997) |
| dialysis retinae | Congenital or traumatic separation of the peripheral sensory retina from the retinal pigment epithelium at the ora serrata, often causing a retinal detachment. Synonym: retinodialysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dialysis shunt | Arteriovenous shunt connecting the arterial and venous cannulas in arm or leg. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dialysis solutions | Solutions prepared for exchange across a semipermeable membrane of solutes below a molecular size determined by the cutoff threshold of the membrane material. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dialysis, peritoneal | Technique that uses the patient's own body tissues inside of the belly (abdominal cavity) to act as a filter. The intestines lie in the abdominal cavity, the space between the abdominal wall and the spine. A plastic tube called a dialysis catheter is placed through the abdominal wall into the abdominal cavity. A special fluid is then flushed into the abdominal cavity and washes around the intestines. The intestinal walls act as a filter between this fluid and the blood stream. By using different types of solutions, waste products and excess water can be removed from the body through this process. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dialytic | Having the quality of unloosing or separating. Dialytic telescope, an achromatic telescope in which the coloured dispersion produced by a single object lens of crown glass is corrected by a smaller concave lens, or combination of lenses, of high dispersive power, placed at a distance in the narrower part of the converging cone of rays, usually near the middle of the tube. Origin: Gr, fr. See Dialysis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dialyzate | <chemistry> The material subjected to dialysis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dialyzation | <chemistry> The act or process of dialysis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dialyze | <chemistry> To separate, prepare, or obtain, by dialysis or osmose; to pass through an animal membrane; to subject to dialysis. Alternative forms: dialyse. Origin: Dialyzed; Dialyzing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dialyzer | The instrument or medium used to effect chemical dialysis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |