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Kidney vs Haemodialysis - What's the difference?

kidney | haemodialysis |

As nouns the difference between kidney and haemodialysis

is that kidney is an organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine while haemodialysis is (medicine) the use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.

kidney

English

(wikipedia kidney)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine.
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  • This organ (of an animal) cooked as food.
  • Constitution, temperament, nature, type, character, disposition. (usually used of people)
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  • * L'Estrange
  • millions in the world of this man's kidney
  • * Burns
  • Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that kidney , pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on prudence.
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  • (obsolete, slang) A waiter.
  • (Tatler)

    Synonyms

    * rein * nephros * ren

    Derived terms

    * kidney bean * kidney belt * kidney punch * kidney stone * kidney vetch * steak and kidney pie

    See also

    * renal * suprarenal

    haemodialysis

    Alternative forms

    * hemodialysis

    Noun

  • (medicine) the use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure