daɪˈleɪzi

Definitions

1. noun

a process in which the blood is filtered outside the body to remove waste products, typically used for patients with severe kidney failure, also known as hemodialysis.

“The patient underwent dialyse to clean the toxins from his blood.”

2. verb

to perform dialysis on someone.

“The nurse was trained to dialyse patients with end-stage renal disease.”

3. verb

to remove waste products from the blood.

“The machine helps to dialyse the blood and remove the toxins.”