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A machine takes over filtering the blood when the kidneys can no longer do it.
means A medical treatment that filters waste and excess fluid from the blood when the kidneys can no longer do it themselves.
from From Greek 'dialysis,' meaning 'separation' or 'dissolution' — built from 'dia' (apart, through) and 'lyein' (to loosen or unbind). Ancient Greeks used it for breaking a stalemate or dissolving a bond; 19th-century chemists borrowed it for separating substances through a membrane. Medicine later adopted that same chemical idea — straining molecules apart by size — and turned it into the lifesaving machine we know now.
- origin word
- greek for separation, not suffering, though both apply
- typical session
- four hours, three times a week, forever
- the trick
- blood filters through a membrane, not actual kidneys
- fun fact
- invented using sausage casings and orange juice cans