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The “Oxford Dictionary” defines ‘dialysate’ as that portion of a mixture that remains after dialysis, and quotes Attfield's “Text-book of Chemistry” (1885). The quotation shows that the part that fails to pass through the membrane is referred to. From the point of view of the lexicographer, this is perfectly satisfactory; there seems to have been no earlier use of the word in print. Graham, for example, although he coined the word ‘dialyser’ and gave a new meaning to the word ‘dialysis’ did not apparently use ‘dialysate’.
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PIRIE, N. What is a Dialysate?. Nature 160, 198 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160198d0
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