acidosis

[ as-i-doh-sis ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. a condition in which the body’s fluids are more acidic than normal: acidosis may be either respiratory, when the lungs fail to adequately expire carbon dioxide, or metabolic, when the kidneys fail to maintain a normal balance of acid and base.

acidosis

/ ˌæsɪˈdəʊsɪs; ˌæsɪˈdɒtɪk /

noun

1. a condition characterized by an abnormal increase in the acidity of the blood and extracellular fluids

Derived Forms

• acidotic, adjective

Other Words From

• ac·i·dot·ic [as-i-, dot, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of acidosis¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; from New Latin; acid, -osis

Example Sentences

Evidently the acidosis fad is to be overworked as was the old uric acid diathesis, of unsavory memory.

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As the sarco-lactic acid liberated in the muscles is not oxygenated a condition of acidosis ensues.

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The behavior of the fat in the body should be carefully watched and the amount reduced at the first evidence of acidosis.

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When acidosis becomes extreme, the diabetic patient is apt at any time to succumb to the dreaded diabetic coma.

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Acidosis is a form of intoxication due to the retention of these toxic acids in the body.

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