Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun metabolic_acidosis

1 sense of metabolic acidosis

Sense 1
metabolic acidosis -- (acidosis and bicarbonate concentration in the body fluids resulting either from the accumulation of acids or the abnormal loss of bases from the body (as in diarrhea or renal disease))
       => acidosis -- (abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues)