artificial kidney
短语[医] 人工肾
词形变化
artificial kidneys
复数
artificial kidneys
释义与例句
n.
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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.
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2.
An implantable bionic device to replace the function of a natural kidney, long dreamed of but not yet feasible.
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3.
A bioengineered (laboratory-grown) biologic kidney (from cultured cells), still experimental.