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nounabnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissuestype of:
Definition that contains acidosis
- metabolic acidosis acidosis and bicarbonate concentration in the body fluids resulting either from the accumulation of acids or the abnormal loss of bases from the body (as in diarrhea or renal disease)
- diabetic acidosis acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus
- starvation acidosis acidosis in which the acidity results from lack of food which leads to fat catabolism which in turn releases acidic ketone bodies
- ketoacidosis acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus
- carbon dioxide acidosis acidosis resulting from reduced gas exchange in the lungs (as in emphysema or pneumonia); excess carbon dioxide combines with water to form carbonic acid which increases the acidity of the blood
- respiratory acidosis acidosis resulting from reduced gas exchange in the lungs (as in emphysema or pneumonia); excess carbon dioxide combines with water to form carbonic acid which increases the acidity of the blood