alkalemia

Definitions of alkalemia
  1. noun
    a blood disorder characterized by a lower concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which rises above 7.45 on the pH scale)
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    type of:
    blood disease, blood disorder
    a disease or disorder of the blood
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