dialysate

8.4

A fluid used during kidney treatment to remove waste and extra water from the blood

noun
/ˈdaɪəˌlɪseɪt/

Specialized

: dializado

During his treatment, the doctors carefully monitored the dialysate to ensure it was effectively removing toxins from his blood.

Examples

Each time the nurse prepared the dialysate, she checked the concentration of electrolytes to maintain proper balance in the patient's body.
In dogs with bilateral nephrectomy, maintained on peritoneal dialysis, an accelerated uraemic syndrome develops if urea is added to the dialysate.

Academic text (1991)
In one study, for example, haemodialysis against high concentrations of urea in the dialysate led to a good clinical response by uraemic patients despite negligible change in the blood urea concentration.

Academic text (1991)
By contrast, in another study when high plasma urea concentrations were produced by the addition of urea to the dialysate, malaise, apathy, drowsiness, and glucose intolerance followed.

Academic text (1991)
The patient was advised to adjust the composition of the dialysate to improve the results of their dialysis sessions.

Surface Forms

dialysate singular

dialysates plural

Morphology

dialysate = dialysis (transparent) = dialysis + ate

Formed by the base 'dialysis' plus the noun-forming suffix '-ate', so the meaning 'the solution used in dialysis' is directly predictable from the base.

Etymology

The word dialysate comes from Greek parts dia- ('through') and lysis ('to loosen' or 'break'), plus -ate ('a substance'), and you can see lysis in the word analysis. So a dialysate is the fluid that passes 'through' the blood to 'loosen' and carry away waste, which is why it removes toxins during dialysis.