METABOLIC ACIDOSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acidosis and bicarbonate concentration in the body fluids resulting either from the accumulation of acids or the abnormal loss of bases from the body (as in diarrhea or renal disease)

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("metabolic acidosis" is a kind of...):

acidosis (abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues)

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