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RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Alkalosis resulting from increased gas exchange in the lungs (as in hyperventilation associated with extreme anxiety or aspirin intoxication or metabolic acidosis)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("respiratory alkalosis" is a kind of...):
alkalosis (abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues)
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