alkalosisn.
/ˌalkəˈləʊsɪs/, U.S. /ˌælkəˈloʊsəs/ Medicine.
Increased alkalinity (total base content) of the blood (or other body fluid), resulting from metabolic disorders, excessive intake of alkaline substances, or loss of carbon dioxide through hyperventilation; an instance of this. Frequently with distinguishing word indicating the type or cause of the alkalosis, as respiratory alkalosis (also metabolic alkalosis (see metabolic adj. Compounds)). Cf. acidosis n., alkalaemia n.
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siderosis1883
uratosis1890
haemosiderosis1909
alkalosis1912
proteinosis1937
metabolic alkalosis1948
1912 Chem. Abstr. 6 642 The meat intoxication is due to a condition of alkalosis, the alkalosis probably being brought about by ‘NH3 salts’.
1930 Q. Jrnl. Med. 23 393 ‘Acidosis’ is herein defined as a reduction in the bicarbonate content of the blood plasma..and ‘alkalosis’ as an increase above normal in this substance.
1981 R. N. Hardy Endocrine Physiol. ix. 131 Prolonged exposure to excess aldosterone therefore produces a hypokalaemic alkalosis with excretion of an acid urine.
1982 Times 10 June 14/6 This avoided the chloride loss and alkalosis that in the past was the bane of..self-medication of indigestion with bicarbonate of soda.
1998 BBC Vegetarian Good Food Sept. 89/1 This state, known as respiratory alkalosis, leads to all sorts of worrying symptoms.
2001 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98 4226/1 Abnormalities in acid-base balance..may be induced under conditions of extensive alkali loading or severe metabolic alkalosis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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