How to say "dialysis" in Japanese

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  • 透析とうせきCommon
    suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveThe common word for dialysis as a medical procedure. Use it in ordinary conversation and writing, for example about a patient who receives dialysis on a regular schedule.
  • 透析療法とうせきりょうほう
    nounCovers the same sense but presents dialysis explicitly as a treatment: a fuller term, less common than 透析, that fits medical explanations and clinical writing better than casual conversation.

Both words mean dialysis, the medical procedure: use 透析, the common everyday term, in ordinary speech and writing, and 透析療法 when you want the fuller term that frames dialysis as a treatment.

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