RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("respiratory alkalosis" is a kind of...):

alkalosis (abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues)

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