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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Dialysis

/dī-ăl'-əs-əs/ · Di·al·y·sis · IPA /daɪˈælɪsɪs/
01 n. Diæresis. See Diæresis, 1.
pl. Dialyses ((#))
  1. 1.
    Diæresis. See Diæresis, 1.(Gram.) See: Diæresis
  2. 2.
    Same as Asyndeton.(Rhet.) See: Asyndeton
  3. 3.
    Debility.(Med.)
  4. 4.
    The separation of different substances in solution, as crystalloids and colloids, by means of their unequal diffusion, especially through natural or artificial membranes.(Chem.)