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Dialysis - 中譯: 透析

字源

1586, from Gk. dialysis "dissolution, separation," from dialyein "dissolve, separate," from dia- "apart" + lyein "loosen." Used originally in logic and grammar; chemistry sense is first recorded 1861, medicine 1914.

大概係指分開一 D 嘢。

對腎病人嚟講，因為腎功能衰退，要分開嘅，就係血液中嘅雜質同廢物。透析分兩種

• Hemodialysis: 俗稱洗腎，其實係洗血，中譯血液透析。Hemo- 解血，例如紅血球係 Hemoglobin
• Peritoneal Dialysis: 俗稱洗肚，中譯腹膜透析。Peritoneum 係腹膜，Peri- 解圍繞例如圓周係 Perimeter. Toneum 由希臘文 teinein 轉化成，字根為 ten- 解作收縮例如緊張係 Tense。照咁解，腹膜原來係好實咁包住你 D 內臟，等內臟唔會亂咁走位嘅器官。