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dialysis vs apheresis

apheresis vs dialysis

dialysis and apheresis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dialysis Yes No No No
apheresis Yes No No No
As nouns, apheresis is a hyponym of dialysis; that is, apheresis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dialysis:
  • dialysis: separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes
  • apheresis: a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion
Other hyponyms of dialysis include pheresis, haemodialysis, hemodialysis.
dialysis (noun) apheresis (noun)
separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion
(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
Difference between dialysis and apheresis

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