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Question
The procedure of cleaning the blood of a person by using a kidney machine is known as:
(a) ketolysis
(b) hydrolysis
(c) dialysis
(d) photolysis
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Solution
(c) dialysis
The process of removing wastes (urea) from the blood using a kidney machine is known as dialysis.
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