respiratory acidosis

1. 1.

   acidosis resulting from reduced gas exchange in the lungs (as in emphysema or pneumonia); excess carbon dioxide combines with water to form carbonic acid which increases the acidity of the blood

   Synonymscarbon dioxide acidosis

   Broaderacidosis

Questions about respiratory acidosis

What does respiratory acidosis mean?

respiratory acidosis means "acidosis resulting from reduced gas exchange in the lungs (as in emphysema or pneumonia); excess carbon dioxide combines with water to form carbonic acid which increases the acidity of the blood".

What is another word for respiratory acidosis?

Close synonyms include carbon dioxide acidosis. 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 respiratory acidosis a common word?

respiratory 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.