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dialysis

dialysis is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.(Rhet.) Same as Asyndeton.
  2. 2.(Med.) (a) Debility. (b) A solution of continuity; division; separation of parts.
  3. 3.(Chem.) The separation of different substances in solution, as crystalloids and colloids, by means of their unequal diffusion, especially through natural or artificial membranes.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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