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Dialysis MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Dialysis
Tree Number(s)
E05.196.353
G02.186
Unique ID
D003956
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003956
Annotation
anal & phys chem process; NIM; in ther of kidney dis "dialysis" is likely to be RENAL DIALYSIS or PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; nothing to do with "dialysis retinae" ( = RETINAL DIALYSES see RETINAL PERFORATIONS)
Scope Note
A process of selective diffusion through a membrane. It is usually used to separate low-molecular-weight solutes which diffuse through the membrane from the colloidal and high-molecular-weight solutes which do not. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2016/06/17
Dialysis Preferred
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