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Definition of Acidemia
1. Noun. A blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale).
Definition of Acidemia
1. Noun. (alternative form of acidaemia) ¹
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Definition of Acidemia
1. a condition of increased acidity of the blood [n -S]
Medical Definition of Acidemia
1. An increase in the H-ion concentration of the blood or a fall below normal in pH, notwithstanding alterations in bicarbonate concentration. Individual types of acidemia are listed by specific name, e.g., isovalericacidemia, aminoacidemia, etc. Origin: acid + G. Haima, blood (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acidemia
Literary usage of Acidemia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Acute Perinatal Asphyxia in Term Infants: Report of the Workshopedited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz edited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz (1997)
"Terms such as hypercarbia, hypoxia, metabolic acidemia, and respiratory or lactic
acidemia are more precise."21 Indeed, recently published articles have ..."
2. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1922)
"This is largely controlled by the increasing acidity of the blood (acidemia),
tending to raise the blood-pressure; otherwise the kidneys would not be able ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"While the ammonia in the urine is perhaps the most accurate indication of the
diminished alkalinity or the acidemia present, its estimation is chemically ..."
4. Practical Organotherapy: The Internal Secretions in General Practice by Henry Robert Harrower (1922)
"... toxemia means acidemia; acidemia means alkaline neutralization or demineralization.
Just as sure as the chemistry of the body is disturbed, ..."
5. Transactions of the ... Session of the American Institute of Homœopathy by American Institute of Homeopathy Session (1902)
"There is a large class of affections distinctly gouty in origin, and which are
unquestionably dependent upon uric acidemia. They are best denominated ..."
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