Synonyms for dialysis
daɪˈæl ə sɪs; -ˌsizdia·ly·sis

Princeton's WordNet

1. dialysisnoun

   separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes

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1. List of paraphrases for "dialysis":

   haemodialysis, kidney

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1. dialysis

   Synonyms:
   Dialytic therapy

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1. Jennifer Lewis:

   About a million people worldwide are in need of a kidney. So they have end-stage renal failure, and they have to go on dialysis, once you go on dialysis, you have essentially five years to live, and every year, your mortality rate increases by 15 %. Dialysis is very hard on your body. So this is really motivating to take on this grand challenge of printing organs.

2. Rand Paul:

   Now there are people who cannot work. But frankly, if your back hurts, you can work in a call center, all right? There's a lot of different jobs, there are people who are paralyzed, quadriplegic, kidney dialysis, amputees who can't work. I understand that. There's going to be some people. But almost everybody who can work should work.

3. Steve Sanders:

   I was just thinking, ‘OK, what am I going to have to do and am I going to have to start coming to terms with the potential for dialysis at some point?’.

4. Ulf Schneider:

   But price pressure will remain because dialysis is one of the most expensive treatments for the U.S. health system.

5. Victor Gura:

   I was very frustrated -- I still am -- because for decades, we've been doing dialysis with big machines that prolong the life of the patient a little bit ... and in addition, they have a lousy quality of life.