acidosis
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of acidosis
First recorded in 1895–1900; from New Latin; see origin at acid, -osis
Example Sentences
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Two days later, routine monitoring revealed she had too much acid in her blood, known as metabolic acidosis.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024
People experiencing low oxygen instinctively seek to breathe, and heavy breathing is the body’s natural cure for acidosis, Mitchell said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
"What we're trying to do is to develop a method to locally deliver doxorubicin but also mitigate acidosis at the same time," Ahmed said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023
Normally, pet owners do not suspect metabolic acidosis until it is almost too late, because it has few outward symptoms.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2022
Cattle with acidosis stop eating, pant and drool, paw and scratch their bellies, and eat dirt.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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