National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 21, 2019
Preferred Name

Dialysis

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C15221

ALT_DEFINITION

The process of cleansing the blood when the kidneys are not able to filter the blood.

code

C15221

DEFINITION

A procedure to remove toxic substances from the blood that is used in patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease or acute kidney failure. This includes hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.

FULL_SYN

Dialysis Procedure

Dialysis Therapy

label

Dialysis

Legacy_Concept_Name

Dialysis

Preferred_Name

Dialysis

prefixIRI

C15221

prefLabel

Dialysis

Semantic_Type

Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

UMLS_CUI

C0011946

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C15657

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