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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. therapeutics
  3. hemodialysis

Preferred term

hemodialysis

Type

  • Topic

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • kidney dialysis
  • renal dialysis

Scope note

  • Use for therapeutic cleansing of the blood based on dialysis in cases of renal insufficiency; for other (e.g. laboratory and industrial) applications of the process of selective diffusion through a semipermeable membrane to separate small solute molecules and ions in a mixture from colloids and larger substances, USE dialysis.

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/45093

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