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Acid-base Balance

Definition: Acid-base Balance

Acid-base Balance

Noun

1. (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 Balance

Synonym: acid-base equilibrium (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Acid-base Balance

English words defined with "acid-base balance": acid-base equilibrium. (references)
Specialty definitions using "acid-base balance": Hemodialysis SolutionsKidney Failure, Chronic. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Acid-base Balance

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Books

  • Understanding Water, Electrolyte & Acid-Base Balance (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Acid-base Balance

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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)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Acid-base Balance

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Acid-base Balance

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Acid-base Balance


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)

    

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)

&#65 &#99 &#105 &#100 &#45 &#98 &#97 &#115 &#101 &#32 &#66 &#97 &#108 &#97 &#110 &#99 &#101

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

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INDEX

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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