RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acidosis resulting from reduced gas exchange in the lungs (as in emphysema or pneumonia); excess carbon dioxide combines with water to form carbonic acid which increases the acidity of the blood

Synonyms:

carbon dioxide acidosis; respiratory acidosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

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