Noun

(dialyses)

(chemistry) A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.

(medicine) Haemodialysis.

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, page=5 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.}}

(rhetoric) The spelling out of alternatives, or presenting of either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.

(rhetoric) Asyndeton.