The idea that King was a Republican is built on a historical sleight of hand. King's father, the Rev. Martin Luther Daddy King Sr., was a Republican. But so were many blacks in the early to mid-20th century. Then the Republican Party was the party of Abraham Lincoln, the Great Liberator.
Dia-: Prefix meaning through, throughout, or completely, as in diachronic (over a period of time), diagnosis (to completely define the nature of a disease), and dialysis (cleansing the blood by passing it through a special machine).
In medicine, dialysis (from Greek Î´Î¹Î¬Î»ÏÏÎ¹Ï, diÃ lysis, meaning dissolution, Î´Î¹Î¬, diÃ , meaning through, and Î»ÏÏÎ¹Ï, lá»³sis, meaning loosening or splitting) is a process for removing waste and excess water from the blood and is used primarily as an artificial replacement for lost kidney function in people with kidney failure.