METABOLIC ALKALOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metabolic alkalosis mean? 

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

1. alkalosis resulting from hydrogen-ion loss or excessive intake of alkaline substances

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• METABOLIC ALKALOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Alkalosis resulting from hydrogen-ion loss or excessive intake of alkaline substances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

 Context examples 

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

(Liddle Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Gitelman Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)