like my brother has his sword king robert has his warhammer and i have my mind and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge that s why i read so much jon snow george r r martin a game of thrones like life is not a song sweetling
artificial organs, n.pl the devices used to support life because of the failure or limited capacity of the human organ. The most effective is the artificial kidney, which consists of a set of tubes that pass the blood through a dialysate solution where wastes are removed by osmosis and diffusion. See also hemodialysis.
The Artificial Kidney. The artificial kidney serves two major functions: solute and water removal. The core of the artificial kidney is the semi-permeable membrane. If blood is in contact with the membrane and dialysate is on the other side, solutes will be removed from the blood and pass to the dialysate side.