dialyzer

[ dahy-uh-lahy-zer ]

noun

1. Also di·al·y·za·tor [] an apparatus containing a semipermeable membrane for dialysis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dialyzer¹

First recorded in 1860–65; dialyze + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The dialyzers cleaned the waste from their bodies, which their kidneys could no longer do.

From ProPublica

Here is another dialyzer with the same amount of serum, but no tissue, such as Mr. Jameson has seen me place in this first one.

From Project Gutenberg

Graham studied the diffusibility of substances in solution through the parchment membrane of a simple dialyzer.

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In these dialyzer experiments it was observed that not only did peptones diffuse, but also the proteoses.

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In these experiments, the dialyzer tubes containing the proteid and pepsin-acid were immersed in a large volume of 0.2 per cent.

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