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acid-base balance

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Noun1.acid-base balance - (physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the bodyacid-base balance - (physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is slightly alkaline"
acid-base equilibrium
physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
chemical equilibrium, equilibrium - a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates
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The resulting condition is ketoacidosis and greatly upsets the body's acid-base balance.
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Problems range from those using basic mathematics to those requiring sophisticated calculations of acid-base balance and logarithms.
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Before the time trials the swimmers performed a specific warm-up, which also allowed to maintain the acid-base balance at an appropriate level by stimulating the buffering capacity (Beedle et al.
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