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ALKALEMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A blood disorder characterized by a lower concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which rises above 7.45 on the pH scale)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("alkalemia" is a kind of...):
blood disease; blood disorder (a disease or disorder of the blood)