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emodialisi

haemodialysis

noun eh-moh-dee-AH-lee-zee Rare

Origin: Greek haima (blood) + dialysis

Usage Note

Emodialisi is feminine and invariable: l'emodialisi, le emodialisi — words ending in -si do not change in the plural (like crisi, analisi, diagnosi). It refers to the medical procedure that filters the blood of patients with kidney failure, performed by a dialysis machine. The adjective is emodialitico.

Examples

"Il paziente è in emodialisi tre volte a settimana."

Natural Translation

The patient is on haemodialysis three times a week.

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