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FILTRATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("filtration" is a kind of...):
change (the action of changing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filtration"):
percolation (the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification)
Derivation:
filter (pass through)
filter (remove by passing through a filter)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("filtration" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filtration"):
infiltration; percolation (the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium)
Derivation:
filter (pass through)
filter (remove by passing through a filter)
Context examples:
Actual results are reported when the estimated glomerular filtration rate is less than 60 ml/min.
(Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate, NCI Thesaurus)
Long-standing and persistent renal disease with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) between 60-89 ml/min.
(Chronic Kidney Disease, Stage 2, NCI Thesaurus)
Long-standing and persistent renal disease with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) less than 15 ml/min.
(Chronic Kidney Disease, Stage 5, NCI Thesaurus)
Sudden and sustained deterioration of the kidney function characterized by decreased glomerular filtration rate, increased serum creatinine or oliguria.
(Acute Renal Failure, NCI Thesaurus)
Since its discovery in 2004, graphene has been used for a variety of barrier and filtration purposes.
(Graphene shield shows promise in blocking mosquito bites, National Institutes of Health)
Long-standing and persistent renal disease with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) between 30-59 ml/min.
(Chronic Kidney Disease, Stage 3, NCI Thesaurus)
Long-standing and persistent renal disease with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) greater than 90 ml/min.
(Chronic Kidney Disease, Stage 1, NCI Thesaurus)
Long-standing and persistent renal disease with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) between 15-29 ml/min.
(Chronic Kidney Disease, Stage 4, NCI Thesaurus)
The determination of the glomerular filtration rate by measurement of cystatin c clearance and whose result is adjusted for body surface area.
(Glomerular Filtration Rate from Cystatin C Adjusted for BSA, NCI Thesaurus)
Stimulation of dopaminergic receptors in renal vasculature, leads to renal blood vessel dilation, and an increase in glomerular filtration rate, renal blood flow, sodium excretion, and urine output.
(Dopamine, NCI Thesaurus)
