artificial kidney

American  

noun

1. a mechanical device that operates outside the body and substitutes for the kidney by removing waste products from the blood.

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artificial kidney British  

noun

1. med a mechanical apparatus for performing haemodialysis

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Etymology

Origin of artificial kidney

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

In 1947, scientists perfected an artificial kidney, and just five years later, the first successful kidney transplant was performed.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

We like to call it an “ECMO on steroids” because there are lots of different pumps and sensors, there’s an artificial kidney inside the system, and so on.

From Scientific American • Aug. 10, 2022

Nephrologists in San Francisco hope to one day implant this artificial kidney into patients and have tested some of its components in animals.Credit:

From Nature • Mar. 10, 2020

It is named after Holger Crafoord, a Swede who designed the first artificial kidney.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2018

You see," he said at length, after we had watched the process a few minutes, "what I have here is in reality an artificial kidney.

From The War Terror by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)