Medical Terminology / Unit 11 MedTerm 0675 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Dialysis
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The idea
Dialysis is the filtering of waste from the blood by a means other than the kidneys.
In practice
The prefix dia names through, and lysis names separation.
Where people slip
The term names a filtering process. What it treats belongs to clinical training.
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