dialysis

  1. Noun.  (chemistry) a method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
  2. Noun.  (medicine) haemodialysis.
  3. Noun.  (rhetoric) To spell out alternatives, or to present either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.
  4. Noun.  (rhetoric) Asyndeton.

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