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Abnormally reduced alkalinity of the blood
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acidosis
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
acidosis \acidosis\ n. 1. abnormally high acidity of the blood and other body fluids.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Acidosis is an increased acidity in the blood and other body tissue (i.e. an increased hydrogen ion concentration ). If not further qualified, it usually refers to acidity of the blood plasma . Acidosis is said to occur when arterial pH falls below 7.35 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) An abnormally increased acidity of the blood.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues
Usage examples of acidosis.
Her heart sank even further when she realized that the prolonged anoxia had caused a severe metabolic acidosis as well.
In the left-hand column is a list of diseases beginning with acidosis and running through neurosis and on to ulcers, and in the right-hand column are lists of wines that will remedy the diseases on the left.
A good dose of sugar, or more carbon dioxide, will increase the acidosis enough to put you right.
For example, an anion gap on the electrolyte panel combined with metabolic acidosis on arterial blood gases would prompt an inquiry into ASA, methanol, or ethylene glycol as potential etiologic agents.
A man on Venus, unless equipped with special breathing apparatus and oxygen tanks, would die of acidosis within a few minutes.
Her heart sank even further when she realized that the prolonged anoxia had caused a severe metabolic acidosis as well.
If a man has metabolic acidosis-- any kind of acidosis-- what does he do?