alkalosis

English

Etymology

From alkali +‎ -osis, on the model of earlier acidosis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æl.kəˈləʊ̯sɪs/
• Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Noun

alkalosis (countable and uncountable, plural alkaloses)

1. An abnormally increased alkalinity in the blood.

Antonyms

• acidosis

Translations

abnormally increased alkalinity in the blood

• Czech: alkalóza f
• Finnish: alkaloosi
• French: alcalose (fr) f
• Indonesian: alkalosis
• Polish: alkaloza f, zasadowica f
• Portuguese: alcalose f
• Spanish: alcalosis (es) f

Further reading

• “alkalosis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /alkaˈlosis/ [al.kaˈlo.sɪs]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: al‧ka‧lo‧sis

Noun

alkalosis (plural alkalosis-alkalosis)

1. (pathology) alkalosis: an abnormally increased alkalinity in the blood

Derived terms

• alkalosis hipokalemik
• alkalosis hipokloremik
• alkalosis metabolik
• alkalosis respiratorik

Further reading

• “alkalosis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016