How to Use acidosis in a Sentence
acidosis
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But first, the hydrogen ions accumulate in the bloodstream and makes the blood more acidic, a process called acidosis.
—Locke Hughes, SELF, 2 Aug. 2017
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This can lead to metabolic acidosis, a dangerous buildup of acid in the body that can cause organ damage.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 June 2020
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Chappell was diagnosed with metabolic acidosis, which is when there's too much acid in the body.
—Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2021
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Laughter helps expel excess Co2 from the lungs to keep them strong and more able to exchange oxygen (respiratory acidosis).
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2020
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With training, our bodies adapt by expanding lung capacity, holding off the panic reflex and keeping blood acidosis in check, all factors that help us stay underwater.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2018
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Severe ketoacidosis can lead to coma, or even death, and acidosis in general can trigger bad breath, headaches, dizziness, muscle cramps, constipation, and bone-density loss.
—Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 14 Oct. 2019
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She was admitted to the pediatric ICU, where she was diagnosed as being in severe shock and experiencing acute renal failure, organ damage and acidosis.
—Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2019
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This is followed by a latent period with no apparent symptoms as metabolic acidosis develops.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 June 2020
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Pimples pop, pupils dilate, tendons tauten, and breathing gets so shallow that people fall into respiratory acidosis.
—John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2022
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In pets, ethanol toxicity may lead to metabolic acidosis, which can cause sudden drop in blood glucose, respiratory depression, seizures and cardiac arrest.
—Leticia Fanucchi, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2022
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Physicians and historians of medicine have long bickered over a differential diagnosis of Tiny Tim’s unspecified illness, with guesses ranging from cerebral palsy to rickets to renal tubal acidosis.
—Natalie Shure, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2021
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More serious side effects include thyroid abnormalities, kidney failure, acidosis, low blood pressure, and occasional deaths.
—Judy Stone, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
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While fatigue isn’t well understood, the negative consequences of anaerobic training can include acidosis, leaky calcium channels, depolarization, and inorganic phosphate accumulation, among others.
—Outside Online, 17 July 2020
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