acidosis

ac·i·do·sis  (s-dss)

n.

An abnormal increase in the acidity of the body's fluids, caused either by accumulation of acids or by depletion of bicarbonates.

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aci·dotic (-dtk) adj.

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acidosis

Medicine. a condition of the blood in which the alkali reserve is lower than normal. Also called acid intoxication, autointoxication. — acidotic, adj.

See also: Blood and Blood Vessels

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a condition of the blood in which the alkali reserve is lower than normal. Also called acid intoxication, autointoxication. — acidotic, adj.

See also: Disease and Illness

Thesaurus

Noun

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acidosis - abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues diabetic acidosis, ketoacidosis - acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus 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) carbon dioxide acidosis, respiratory acidosis - acidosis resulting from reduced gas exchange in the lungs (as in emphysema or pneumonia); excess carbon dioxide combines with water to form carbonic acid which increases the acidity of the blood starvation acidosis - acidosis in which the acidity results from lack of food which leads to fat catabolism which in turn releases acidic ketone bodies pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition