Hemodialysis

Japanese: hemodialysis
Hemodialysis

…When the kidneys' waste excretion function is severely impaired due to renal failure, a dialyzer (commonly called an artificial kidney) is used to dialyze and filter the blood. It is also called hemodialysis. It was experimentally performed in the 1910s, but it was not until the 1950s that it became widely used.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "hemodialysis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…腎不全のために,腎臓のもつ老廃物排出機能が著しく障害されたときに,透析器dialyzer(一般には人工腎臓という)を用いて,血液を透析,ろ(濾)過する方法をいう。血液透析hemodialysisともいう。1910年代から試験的に行われていたが,本格的に行われるようになったのは50年代以降である。…

※「hemodialysis」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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