Clinical Diagnosis · Multiple Systems · Easy
Acidosis
Meaning: An excess of hydrogen ions in the body fluids, lowering the pH of the blood below normal.
In practice: Lactic acidosis developed in the patient with septic shock, reflected by a high blood lactate.
Word parts
- -osis means an abnormal condition or process
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