Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
ultrafiltration
ul·tra·fil·tra·tion [ uhl-truh-fil-ter ]
Subclass of:
Extracorporeal Circulation;
filtration
Definitions related to ultrafiltration (procedure):
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(ultrafiltration) Filtration through filters with minute pores; occurs naturally, as in the filtration of plasma at the capillary membrane, and is performed in the laboratory, especially to separate a substance in colloidal solution from its dispersion medium.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(ultrafiltration) The filtration of a colloidal substance through a semipermeable medium that allows only the passage of small molecules.NCI Health Level 7 VocabularyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
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(ultrafiltration) The separation of particles from a suspension by passage through a filter with very fine pores. In ultrafiltration the separation is accomplished by convective transport; in DIALYSIS separation relies instead upon differential diffusion. Ultrafiltration occurs naturally and is a laboratory procedure. Artificial ultrafiltration of the blood is referred to as HEMOFILTRATION or HEMODIAFILTRATION (if combined with HEMODIALYSIS).NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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