A machine or device that performs dialysis by filtering waste products from blood, used especially in kidney disease treatment.
From dialyze + -er suffix (meaning 'one who/that which does'). The term became standard medical vocabulary in the mid-20th century as kidney dialysis machines became widespread.
A modern dialyzer is an engineering marvel—it needs to safely clean blood without damaging delicate blood cells, and patients often develop deep relationships with their dialyzers since they depend on them for survival multiple times per week.
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