dwell time

dwell time
the time that something therapeutic or diagnostic remains inside a patient's body; in peritoneal dialysis, the time needed for the dialysis solution to remain in the body in order for equilibration to be reached on the two sides of the membrane.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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