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Dialysis vs Hemolysis - What's the difference?

dialysis | hemolysis |

In medicine|lang=en terms the difference between dialysis and hemolysis

is that dialysis is (medicine) haemodialysis while hemolysis is (medicine) the destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life.

As nouns the difference between dialysis and hemolysis

is that dialysis is (chemistry) a method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane while hemolysis is (medicine) the destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life.

dialysis

English

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

    • Derived terms

    * dialytic * dialytically * dialyze

    References

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    hemolysis

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (UK) * (UK)

    Noun

    (wikipedia hemolysis)
  • (medicine) The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life.
    • American English