di·al·y·sis 
(dī-ălĭ-sĭs)
(dī-ălĭ-sĭs)n. pl. di·al·y·ses (-sēz′)
1. The separation of smaller molecules from larger molecules or of dissolved substances from colloidal particles in a solution by selective diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
2. Medicine Any of several techniques, especially hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, in which filtration through a semipermeable membrane is used to remove metabolic wastes and excess fluid from the blood of people with kidney failure.
[Greek dialusis, separating, dissolution, from dialūein, to break up, dissolve : dia-, apart; see DIA- + lūein, to loosen; see leu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
di′a·lytic (-ə-lĭtĭk) adj.
di′a·lyti·cal·ly adv.
- carbonated water
- carbonation
- carbonator
- carbon black
- carbon copy
- carbon cycle
- carbon-date
- carbon dating
- carbon dioxide
- carbon disulfide
- carbon fiber
- carbon footprint
- carbonic acid
- carbonic acid gas
- Carboniferous
- carbonium ion
- carbonization
- carbonize
- carbonizer
- carbon monoxide
- carbon nanotube
- carbon-neutral
- carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle
- carbonous
- carbon paper