"artificial kidney" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: artificial kidneys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} artificial kidney (plural artificial kidneys)
  1. A dialysis machine, an external device that cleans the blood of people with kidney failure; from the 1940s to the 2000s, not portable, but wearable versions now exist.
    Sense id: en-artificial_kidney-en-noun-en:dialysis_device
  2. 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
    Sense id: en-artificial_kidney-en-noun-HZ35kIoU
  3. 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
    Sense id: en-artificial_kidney-en-noun-GWwUXAa4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 12 34 12 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 18 40 10 21
  4. An implantable bionic device to replace the function of a natural kidney, long dreamed of but not yet feasible.
    Sense id: en-artificial_kidney-en-noun-en:unrealized_implantable_bionic_device
  5. A bioengineered (laboratory-grown) biologic kidney (from cultured cells), still experimental. Synonyms: kidney machine
    Sense id: en-artificial_kidney-en-noun-en:bioengineered_lab_grown_organ Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: kidney transplant

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