alkalosis Path.
(ælkəˈləʊsɪs)
[mod.L., f. alkali + -osis.]
A condition of excessive alkalinity in the body-tissues and blood. Cf. acidosis.
| 1912 Chem. Abstr. 642 The meat intoxication is due to a condition of alkalosis, the alkalosis probably being brought about by ‘NH3 salts’. 1930 Q. Jrnl. Med. XXIII. 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. 1965 J. R. Robinson Acid-Base Regulation (ed. 2) xiii. 31 It therefore seems preferable to restrict the terms ‘acidosis’ and ‘alkalosis’ to conditions in which the total concentration of buffer base is less than or greater than the normal. |