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METABOLIC ACIDOSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("metabolic acidosis" is a kind of...):
acidosis (abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues)
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