different between dialysis vs dialysed

English

Etymology

Dated in the late 16th century C.E.; from Latin dialysis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (diálusis); synchronically, dia- +? -lysis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da??æl?s?s/
• Hyphenation: di?al?y?sis

Noun

dialysis (countable and uncountable, plural dialyses)

1. (chemistry) A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
2. (medicine) Utilization of this method for removal of waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure: hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.
3. (rhetoric) The spelling out of alternatives, or presenting of either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.
4. (rhetoric) Asyndeton.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “dialysis”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Silva Rhetoricae

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (diálusis).

Noun

dialysis f (genitive dialysis or dialyse?s or dialysios); third declension

1. separation

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

References

• dialysis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

English

Verb

dialysed

1. simple past tense and past participle of dialyse

Related terms

• dialysis
• dialyze