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TOPIK 6noun

투석

tuseok

투석이 · 투석을

dialysis

Example

아버지는 일주일에 세 번 투석을 받으세요.

My father gets dialysis three times a week.

Word parts

투 pass through석 separate

Literally 'filter through and separate': waste is filtered out of the blood.

Good to know

Homonym: 투석 (投石) means 'throwing stones', as in protests; use the 받다 pattern for dialysis.