respiratory alkalosis

1. 1.

   alkalosis resulting from increased gas exchange in the lungs (as in hyperventilation associated with extreme anxiety or aspirin intoxication or metabolic acidosis)

   Broaderalkalosis

Questions about respiratory alkalosis

What does respiratory alkalosis mean?

respiratory alkalosis means "alkalosis resulting from increased gas exchange in the lungs (as in hyperventilation associated with extreme anxiety or aspirin intoxication or metabolic acidosis)".

Is respiratory alkalosis a common word?

respiratory alkalosis 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.