dialysis

dialyse

Traitement qui retire les déchets du sang lorsque les reins ne le font plus correctement.

En anglais simple : A treatment that removes waste from your blood when your kidneys cannot do it properly.

• He needs dialysis twice a week.
• The hospital installed new dialysis machines.
• She has been on dialysis for several months.

Comment l'utiliser : be on dialysis (My uncle has been on dialysis since January.)

Expressions courantes : on dialysis, dialysis treatment, dialysis machine

dialyse

Procédé séparant des particules grâce à une fine membrane qui laisse passer les plus petites et retient les plus grosses.

En anglais simple : A process that separates tiny particles by letting smaller ones pass through a thin sheet.

• Dialysis removed salts from the solution.
• The laboratory uses dialysis to separate small molecules.
• Particles pass through the membrane during dialysis.

Expressions courantes : dialysis membrane, dialysis experiment, dialysis of something