DIALYSIS, noun [Gr., to dissolve.] 1. A mark in writing or printing, consisting of two points placed over one of two vowels, to dissolve a diphthong, or to show that the two vowels are to be separated in pronunciation; as, aer, mosaic. 2. In medicine, debility; also, a solution of continuity.
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