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acidotic

Variant of acidosis

noun pl. acidoses

an abnormal condition in the body, often due to faulty metabolism in which excessive acid, or a loss of alkali, lowers the pH of the blood and tissue

Origin: ModL: see acid & -osis

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acidotic adjective

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