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dialysate

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[dahy-al-uh-sayt, -zuht] / daɪˈæl ə seɪt, -zət /

noun

dialysates plural
  1. Chemistry. the solution used to perform dialysis.

  2. Medicine/Medical. the portion of a solution that passes through the membrane during dialysis.


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Observations from clinical settings show that blood glucose levels drop as blood moves through the dialyzer, even when the starting glucose level in the dialysate solution is higher.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

In the upper component, the dialysate has a higher solute concentration than the blood, which allows the urea to diffuse to the lower dialysate down its concentration gradient.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

He opted for a treatment called peritoneal dialysis, which uses the blood vessels in the abdomen and a cleaning fluid called dialysate.

From Scientific American • Dec. 14, 2020

He would hook up to it at night, the bags filling his body with a liquid called dialysate, then the machine draining it.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2018

Poisonous waste products and urea passed from Blumenfeld's blood through the cellophane into the dialysate to be carried down the drain.

From Time Magazine Archive

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