dialyzer

American  

[dahy-uh-lahy-zer] / ˈdaɪ əˌlaɪ zər /

noun

1. Also dialyzator an apparatus containing a semipermeable membrane for dialysis.

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Etymology

Origin of dialyzer

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

Example Sentences

For Mr. Hall to do his three-hour Tablo treatment, he connects one needle to an arterial line to move the blood through the machine’s dialyzer, also known as an artificial kidney.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022

How does the concentration of solutes likely differ between the upper component of the dialyzer and the lower compartment, containing the fresh dialysate, for the dialysis to successfully remove wastes from the blood?

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

For four hours, my polluted blood supply would be siphoned out through a catheter jammed into my femoral artery, pushed through a dialyzer, and returned to me.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2014

Such coenzymes are not killed by boiling the dialyzate, and the activity of the enzyme is restored by adding the boiled dialyzate to the liquid which remains within the dialyzer.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

A gum low in ash was dissolved in water, and the solution poured on to a dialyzer, and sufficient hydrochloric acid added to convert the salts into chlorides.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various