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Definition: Acid-base Balance |
Acid-base BalanceNoun1. (physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is slightly alkaline". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Acid-base BalanceSynonym: acid-base equilibrium (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Acid-base Balance |
| English words defined with "acid-base balance": acid-base equilibrium. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "acid-base balance": Hemodialysis Solutions ♦ Kidney Failure, Chronic. (references) |
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Health | To diagnose RTA, your doctor will check the acid-base balance in samples of your blood and urine. (references) | |
Healthy kidneys help maintain acid-base balance by excreting acids into the urine and returning bicarbonate (an alkaline, or base, substance) to the blood. (references) | ||
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| Language | Translations for "acid-base balance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Danish | syre-basebalance. (various references) | ||||
Dutch | zuur-base-evenwicht (acid-base status). (various references) | ||||
French | équilibre acido-basique (acid-base status). (various references) | ||||
German | Saüren-Basen-Gleichgewicht. (various references) | ||||
Greek | σχέση οξέων/βάσεων. (various references) | ||||
Italian | equilibrio acido-base (acid-base equilibrium, acid-base status). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | acid-baseay alancebay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-b-b-c-c-d-e-e-i-l-n-s" | |
-5 letters: ascendable, ascendible. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 69 64 2D 62 61 73 65      42 61 6C 61 6E 63 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01101001 01100100 00101101 01100010 01100001 01110011 01100101 00100000 01000010 01100001 01101100 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c i d - b a s e   B a l a n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0069 0064 002D 0062 0061 0073 0065      0042 0061 006C 0061 006E 0063 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356975701568678571236677867806971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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