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alkalosis

noun
/æl.kəˈləʊ̯sɪs/UK

Etymology

From alkali + -osis, on the model of earlier acidosis.

  1. derived from قلي
  2. derived from alcali
  3. borrowed from alcali
  4. formed as alkalosis — “alkali + -osis”

Definitions

  1. An abnormally increased alkalinity in the blood.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for alkalosis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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