dialysern.
/ˈdʌɪəlʌɪzə/, U.S. /ˈdaɪəˌlaɪzər/ 1. Chemistry and Biology. An apparatus containing a semipermeable membrane for the separation of dissolved and suspended substances in a liquid by means of dialysis; (also) the membrane itself.
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bain1477
speculum1650
filtering paper1651
wheel-fire1662
filter paper1670
sun furnace1763
respirator1789
candle-ball1794
rectifier1822
candle-bomb1823
filter1823
oxyhydrogen blowpipe1823
shade1837
graduator1839
pipette1839
thistle funnel1849
pressure tube1852
ozonizer1858
dialyser1861
Liebig condenser1861
Sprengel pump1866
Sprengel tube1866
water softener1867
mercury pump1869
Bunsen burner1870
dialysator1877
test-mixer1877
tube-condenser1877
Kipp1879
reflux condenser1880
policeman1888
converter1889
pressure boiler1891
spot plate1896
hydrogen electrode1898
sampler1902
reactor1903
fume-chamber1905
Permutit1910
microburner1911
salt bridge1915
precipitator1919
Raschig ring1920
microneedle1921
titrator1928
laboratory coatc1936
spray tower1937
precipitron1938
ion exchanger1941
potentiostat1942
chemostat1950
Knudsen pipette1951
pH-stat1956
cryopump1958
1861 T. Graham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 151 186 The vessel described (dialyser) is then floated in a basin containing a considerable quantity of water.
1864 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. I. 20 Combined substances between which the affinity is feeble, will separate on the dialyzer.
1872 H. Watts Dict. Chem. II. 316 A sheet of this parchment stretched on a hoop of thin wood, or gutta percha, forms a very convenient dialyser.
1913 E. Hatschek Introd. Physics & Chem. Colloids v. 41 There remains in the dialyser a perfectly clear colourless sol of silicic acid.
2009 Jrnl. Cell Biol. 187 901/2 The dialyzers were capped with parafilm and incubated.
2. Medicine. An apparatus or machine used to perform therapeutic dialysis; spec. = haemodialyser n. at haemo- comb. form . Also: a detachable unit or cartridge containing membranes or filters for use in a dialysis machine.
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artificial kidney1913
dialyser1944
haemodialyser1959
kidney machine1966
1944 Acta Medica Scandinavica 117 123 (heading) The artificial kidney: a dialyser with a great area.
1966 D. M. Dunlop & S. Alstead Textbk. Med. Treatm. (ed. 10) 755 This device allows periodic access to blood vessels so that they may be connected to a suitable dialyser.
2001 Guardian 15 Oct. i. 15/3 Health authorities in France..ordered the temporary removal of a batch of Baxter A-18 dialysers from nine hospitals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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