English

haemodialysis

From haemo- + dialysis.

Ancient Greek αἷμα ‘blood’

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ‘to cut off, separate, free’

Ancient Greek λύω ‘loosen’

Ancient Greek δῐᾰλῡ́ω ‘to loose one from another, to part asunder,…’

Ancient Greek διάλυσις ‘a separating or parting’

Latin dialysis ‘separation’

Today it means

noun The use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / haemodialysis