Dialysis/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Dialysis.

A process of selective diffusion through a membrane. It is usually used to separate low-molecular-weight solutes which diffuse through the membrane from the colloidal and high-molecular-weight solutes which do not.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2023), Dialysis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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