acidosis Path.
(æsɪˈdəʊsɪs)
[irreg. f. acid n. + -osis.]
An acid condition of the blood such as occurs in diabetes.
| 1900 E. Kleen Diabetes Mellitus vii. 227 The acid diathesis, the acidosis, causes an increase of ammonia in the blood and the urine in cases of severe diabetes. 1905 Hewlett tr. Krehl's Clin. Path. Index, Acidosis, in diabetic coma. 1913 Pembrey & Ritchie Gen. Path. 690 The term ‘acidosis’ is applied to the condition in which abnormal quantities of organic acids fail to be oxidized by the tissues. |
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Add: Hence aciˈdotic a., of, exhibiting, or characteristic of acidosis.
| 1925 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. LXIV. 320 We believe that in anoxemia the true acidotic nature of diminished oxidation is merely masked at the beginning by the initial alkalosis. 1941 Physiol. Rev. XXI. 424 In acidotic conditions such as those just named, at least three closely related factors can be cited. 1961 Lancet 16 Sept. 664/1 He was drowsy, severely dehydrated, and wasted; his breathing was acidotic. 1985 M. F. Myles Textbk. Midwives (ed. 10) xxxii. 554 The infant becomes acidotic. |