ALKALOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alkalosis mean? 

• ALKALOSIS (noun)
  The noun ALKALOSIS has 1 sense:

1. abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues

  Familiarity information: ALKALOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALKALOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("alkalosis" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alkalosis"):

metabolic alkalosis (alkalosis resulting from hydrogen-ion loss or excessive intake of alkaline substances)

respiratory alkalosis (alkalosis resulting from increased gas exchange in the lungs (as in hyperventilation associated with extreme anxiety or aspirin intoxication or metabolic acidosis))

Derivation:

alkalotic (marked by alkalosis (or a tendency toward alkalosis))

 Context examples 

It results in hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis, hypokalemia, hypocalciuria, and hypomagnesemia.

(Gitelman Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare inherited syndrome characterized by juxtaglomerular cell hyperplasia, hyperaldosteronism, hypokalemia, and alkalosis.

(Bartter Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by early onset hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, low plasma renin and hypoaldosteronism.

(Liddle Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the juxtaglomerular cells, producing hypokalemic alkalosis and hyperaldosteronism, characterized by absence of hypertension in the presence of markedly increased plasma renin concentrations, and by insensitivity to the pressor effects of angiotensin.

(Bartter Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)