Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hemodialysis

1 sense of hemodialysis

Sense 1
hemodialysis, haemodialysis -- (dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure)
       => dialysis -- (separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes)