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Definition of Alkalosis
1. Noun. Abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues.
Generic synonyms: Pathology
Derivative terms: Alkalotic
Definition of Alkalosis
1. Noun. An abnormally increased alkalinity in the blood. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alkalosis
1. [n -LOSES]
Medical Definition of Alkalosis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Alkalosis
Literary usage of Alkalosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Acidosis and Clinical Methods for Its Study by Andrew Watson Sellards (1917)
"In a search for the condition of alkalosis one should be cautious about interpreting
... The occurrence of alkalosis, in the sense of a relative or absolute ..."
2. Mineral Tolerance of Animals by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"Uncompensated Metabolic Acidosis or alkalosis When highly excessive amounts of
... In alkalosis, respirations will be slowed to permit carbon dioxide and ..."
3. Respiration by John Scott Haldane (1922)
"The kidneys and liver were responding quite normally, but to an alkalosis, this
alkalosis being produced by the increase (largely masked) of breathing ..."
4. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"alkalosis. — alkalosis is infrequent in Bright's disease unless brought about by
an excess intake of sodium bicarbonate and calcium carbonate as may occur ..."
5. Alcohols Effect on Organ Function edited by Dianne M. Welsh (1997)
"For instance, the opposite of respiratory alkalosis can occur when a person ...
alkalosis was present in 71 percent of patients with established liver ..."
6. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"With this explanation for the loss of chloride, the attendant alkalosis is more
readily accounted for. Loss of acid by sequestration ..."
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