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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