metabolic acidosis

1. 1.

   acidosis and bicarbonate concentration in the body fluids resulting either from the accumulation of acids or the abnormal loss of bases from the body (as in diarrhea or renal disease)

   Broaderacidosis

Questions about metabolic acidosis

What does metabolic acidosis mean?

metabolic acidosis means "acidosis and bicarbonate concentration in the body fluids resulting either from the accumulation of acids or the abnormal loss of bases from the body (as in diarrhea or renal disease)".

Is metabolic acidosis a common word?

metabolic acidosis 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.