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Definition of Alkalescent
1. Adjective. Tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline.
Definition of Alkalescent
1. a. Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.
Definition of Alkalescent
1. Adjective. Slightly alkaline; having the properties of an alkali. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Alkalescent
1. 1. Slightly alkaline. 2. Becoming alkaline. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alkalescent
Literary usage of Alkalescent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Physiology by Anthelme Richerand (1819)
"The believers in the humoral pathology, have certainly gone too far ; they have
admitted that the animal fluids might be acid, alkalescent, acrimonious, ..."
2. On the Elements of Light and Their Identity with Those of Matter, Radiant by John Howard Kyan (1838)
"When nitrogen (the yellow ray) obtains "pre-eminence, the material becomes
alkalescent, or if an acid, obtains the great and extraordinary qualities of a ..."
3. The London Medical Gazette (1846)
"The urine is often alkalescent in the decrepitude of extreme old age. ...
Under these circumstances the urine ought to be alkalescent in the bladder, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Chemistry by Andrew Ure (1828)
"Any substance in which alkaline properties are beginning to be developed, or to
predominate, is termed alkalescent. The only alkali usually observed to be ..."
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