||Di*al"y*sis (?), n.; pl.
Dialyses (#). [L., separation, fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?;
to part asunder, dissolve; dia` through + &?; to loose.]
1. (Gram.) Diæresis. See
Diæresis, 1.
2. (Rhet.) Same as
Asyndeton.
3. (Med.) (a)
Debility. (b) A solution of
continuity; division; separation of parts.
4. (Chem.) The separation of different
substances in solution, as crystalloids and colloids, by means of
their unequal diffusion, especially through natural or artificial
membranes.