dialyzer

[dahy-uh-lahy-zer]

Also di·al·y·za·tor

[dahy-al-i-zey-ter] /daɪˈæl ɪˌzeɪ tər/. an apparatus containing a semipermeable membrane for dialysis.

Origin of dialyzer

First recorded in 1860–65; dialyze + -er¹

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In these dialyzer experiments it was observed that not only did peptones diffuse, but also the proteoses.
On Digestive Proteolysis
R. H. Chittenden
In these experiments, the dialyzer tubes containing the proteid and pepsin-acid were immersed in a large volume of 0.2 per cent.
On Digestive Proteolysis
R. H. Chittenden

dialyzer in Medicine

[dī′ə-lī′zər]

A machine equipped with a semipermeable membrane and used for performing dialysis.

A hemodialyzer.