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HEMODIALYZER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hemodialyzer mean?
• HEMODIALYZER (noun)
The noun HEMODIALYZER has 1 sense:
1. a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body
Familiarity information: HEMODIALYZER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
artificial kidney; hemodialyzer
Hypernyms ("hemodialyzer" is a kind of...):
dialysis machine; dialyzer (a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes)
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