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Retentate: a New Scientific Term

Nature volume 184, page 1139 (1959)Cite this article

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ANYONE who has resorted to the technique of dialysis will be aware of an odd and inconvenient gap in the terminology relating to the process. For the substances which pass through the dialysis membrane there there is a generally accepted term: ‘dialysate’.

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  1. Institute of Classical Studies, London, W.C.1

    E. G. TURNER

  2. Bencard Allergy Research Unit, Beecham Research Laboratories, Betchworth, Surrey

    J. G. FEINBERG

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TURNER, E., FEINBERG, J. Retentate: a New Scientific Term. Nature 184, 1139 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841139a0

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