Acidosis
a blood condition in which the bicarbonate concentration is below normal.
Historical Examples
acidosis is a form of intoxication due to the retention of these toxic acids in the body.
Dietetics for Nurses Fairfax T. Proudfit
As the sarco-lactic acid liberated in the muscles is not oxygenated a condition of acidosis ensues.
Manual of Surgery Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
Evidently the acidosis fad is to be overworked as was the old uric acid diathesis, of unsavory memory.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2 Various
When acidosis becomes extreme, the diabetic patient is apt at any time to succumb to the dreaded diabetic coma.
Dietetics for Nurses Fairfax T. Proudfit
Cause of acidosis is believed to be an impairment of metabolism, especially in regard to the fats.
Dietetics for Nurses Fairfax T. Proudfit
acidosis may develop in typhoid fever patients and must be guarded against.
Dietetics for Nurses Fairfax T. Proudfit
The behavior of the fat in the body should be carefully watched and the amount reduced at the first evidence of acidosis.
Dietetics for Nurses Fairfax T. Proudfit
noun
a condition characterized by an abnormal increase in the acidity of the blood and extracellular fluids
acidosis ac·i·do·sis (ās’ĭ-dō’sĭs)
n. pl. ac·i·do·ses (-sēz’)
An abnormal increase in the acidity of body fluids, caused either by accumulation of acids or by depletion of bicarbonates.
ac’i·dot’ic (-dŏt’ĭk) adj.
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