FILTRATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does filtration mean? 

• FILTRATION (noun)
  The noun FILTRATION has 2 senses:

1. the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium

2. the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter

  Familiarity information: FILTRATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FILTRATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("filtration" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filtration"):

infiltration; percolation (the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium)

Derivation:

filter (pass through)

filter (remove by passing through a filter)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("filtration" is a kind of...):

change (the action of changing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filtration"):

percolation (the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification)

Derivation:

filter (pass through)

filter (remove by passing through a filter)

 Context examples 

A measurement of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) based on the clearance of beta-2 microglobulin after adjusting it for the body surface area.

(Glomerular Filtration Rate from B-2 Microglobulin Adjusted for BSA Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A laboratory test result which indicates a decreased glomerular filtration rate.

(Glomerular Filtration Rate Decreased, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the glomerular filtration rate adjusted for body size.

(Glomerular Filtration Rate Adjusted for BSA, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the glomerular filtration rate whose result is adjusted for body surface area.

(Glomerular Filtration Rate Adjusted for BSA, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) based on the clearance of beta-trace protein after adjusting it for the body surface area.

(Glomerular Filtration Rate from Beta-Trace Protein Adjusted for BSA Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the glomerular filtration rate by measurement of creatinine clearance and whose result is adjusted for body surface area.

(Glomerular Filtration Rate from Creatinine Adjusted for BSA, NCI Thesaurus)

It results from damage to the renal vascular filtration apparatus.

(Nephrotic Syndrome with Lesion of Endothelial Glomerulonephritis, NCI Thesaurus)

It can be used to treat oliguria associated with kidney failure or other manifestations of inadequate renal function and has been used for determination of glomerular filtration rate.

(Mannitol, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Iothalamate sodium I-125 is cleared by glomerular filtration without tubular secretion or reabsorption and can be used as a diagnostic tool to determine the glomerular filtration rate.

(Iothalamate Sodium I-125, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the clearance of endogenous creatinine, used for evaluating the glomerular filtration rate.

(Creatinine Clearance, NCI Thesaurus)