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acidosis

/as-i-doh-sis/US // ˌæs ɪˈdoʊ sɪs //UK // (ˌæsɪˈdəʊsɪs) //

酸中毒,酸毒症,酸中毒症,酸败症

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pathology.

    • : 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.

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Examples

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

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

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

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

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