This is the 8491st most frequent Catalan word.
diàlisi
Dialysis: a medical process for removing waste and excess substances from the blood when the kidneys cannot function properly.
Here, 'diàlisi' pertains to the medical procedure for filtering waste products from the blood, commonly used to treat kidney failure.
El pacient necessita diàlisi tres vegades per setmana.
The patient needs dialysis three times a week.
In this sentence, 'diàlisi' is part of the compound word 'hemodiàlisi,' referring specifically to the type of dialysis done via blood filtration machines.
A l'hospital, tenen una unitat d'hemodiàlisi moderna.
At the hospital, they have a modern hemodialysis unit.
Here, 'diàlisi' identifies the treatment process itself, framing it within a narrative context.