compensated alkalosis

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A rise in alkalinity that is compensated for by physiological changes to the pH of body fluids.

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She rang them up, expecting to be compensated for, perhaps, accompanying a gentleman to lunch.
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Nor are these defects compensated by any high degree of merit in the delineation of the characters.
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For the shortness of the sleeves he partly compensated with a pair of bright red worsted wristers.
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The leaders of the little Panay army and their civilian colleagues had to be compensated for their acceptance of American rule.
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If there were something rude and uncouth in old Schiller, it was amply compensated by his noble spirit.
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The beauty of the scenery, however, compensated for this defect of the roads.
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