Alkalosis Definition
ălkə-lōsĭs
alkalosis
noun
Abnormally high alkalinity of the blood and body fluids.
American Heritage
An abnormal condition in the body, often due to faulty metabolism, in which excessive alkali, or a loss of acid, raises the pH of the blood and tissue.
Webster's New World
Abnormally high alkalinity of the blood and body tissues caused by an excess of bicarbonates, as from an increase in alkali intake, or by or a deficiency of acids other than carbonic acid, as from vomiting.
American Heritage Medicine
Abnormally high alkalinity of the blood and body tissues caused by a deficiency of carbon dioxide due to hyperventilation.
American Heritage Medicine
An abnormally increased alkalinity in the blood.
Wiktionary
Origin of Alkalosis
alkal(i) –osis
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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