| NOUN | state | acidosis | abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues |
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| Sounds | ae.sahdow'sahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues. | |
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| Narrower | ketoacidosis, diabetic acidosis | acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies |
| metabolic acidosis | acidosis and bicarbonate concentration in the body fluids resulting either from the accumulation of acids or the abnormal loss of bases from the body (as in diarrhea or renal disease) | |
| respiratory acidosis, carbon dioxide acidosis | acidosis resulting from reduced gas exchange in the lungs (as in emphysema or pneumonia) | |
| starvation acidosis | acidosis in which the acidity results from lack of food which leads to fat catabolism which in turn releases acidic ketone bodies | |
| Broader | pathology | Any deviation from a healthy or normal / normal condition |
| Spanish | acidosis | |
| Catalan | acidosi | |
| Adjectives | acidotic | having or being characterized by acidosis |
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