Associations to the word «Dialysis»

Wiktionary

DIALYSIS, noun. (chemistry) A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
DIALYSIS, noun. (medicine) Haemodialysis.
DIALYSIS, noun. (rhetoric) The spelling out of alternatives, or presenting of either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.
DIALYSIS, noun. (rhetoric) Asyndeton.

Dictionary definition

DIALYSIS, noun. Separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats