No. 8,491 in Catalan
diàlisi
Dialysis: a medical process for removing waste and excess substances from the blood when the kidneys cannot function properly.
In a sentence
El pacient necessita diàlisi tres vegades per setmana.
The patient needs dialysis three times a week.
Here, 'diàlisi' pertains to the medical procedure for filtering waste products from the blood, commonly used to treat kidney failure.
A l'hospital, tenen una unitat d'hemodiàlisi moderna.
At the hospital, they have a modern hemodialysis unit.
In this sentence, 'diàlisi' is part of the compound word 'hemodiàlisi,' referring specifically to the type of dialysis done via blood filtration machines.
Durant el tractament de diàlisi, el pacient ha de mantenir-se relaxat.
During dialysis treatment, the patient should remain relaxed.
Here, 'diàlisi' identifies the treatment process itself, framing it within a narrative context.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “diàlisi” in actual Catalan podcasts.
Find “diàlisi” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Catalan podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Catalan books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).