Dialysis
Dialysis , noun
[Latin, separation, from Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} to part asunder, dissolve; dia` through + {not transcribed} to loose.]
1.
(Grammar) Diaresis. See Diaresis, 1.
2.
(Rhetoric) Same as Asyndeton.
3.
(a) (Medicine) Debility.
(b)
(Medicine) A solution of continuity; division; separation of parts.
4.
(Chemistry) The separation of different substances in solution, as crystalloids and colloids, by means of their unequal diffusion, especially through natural or artificial membranes.