acid-base equilibrium

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   (physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body

   “with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is slightly alkaline”

   Synonymsacid-base balance

   Broaderchemical equilibrium

   physiology

Questions about acid-base equilibrium

What does acid-base equilibrium mean?

acid-base equilibrium means "(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body".

What is another word for acid-base equilibrium?

Close synonyms include acid-base balance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is acid-base equilibrium a common word?

acid-base equilibrium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.