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Answer for the clue "Abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues ", 9 letters:
alkalosis

Word definitions for alkalosis in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An abnormally increased alkalinity in the blood.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Alkalosis is the result of a process reducing hydrogen ion concentration of arterial blood plasma ( alkalemia ). In contrast to acidemia (serum pH 7.35 or lower), alkalemia occurs when the serum pH is higher than normal (7.45 or higher). Alkalosis is usually ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
alkalosis \alkalosis\ n. 1. abnormally high alkalinity in the blood and other body fluids.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues

Usage examples of alkalosis.

Inhibition of the enzyme allows cortisol to act as the major endogenous mineralocorticoid producing a marked elevation in mineralocorticoid activity, resulting in hypertension, hypokalemia, and metabolic alkalosis.

Not too much, she didn't need metabolic alkalosis on top of everything else.