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Definition of Carbon dioxide acidosis

1. Noun. Acidosis resulting from reduced gas exchange in the lungs (as in emphysema or pneumonia); excess carbon dioxide combines with water to form carbonic acid which increases the acidity of the blood.

Medical Definition of Carbon dioxide acidosis

1. A metabolic derangement of acid-base balance where the blood pH is abnormally low. Causes include haemorrhagic shock, cardiogenic shock, severe dehydration, sepsis, toxic ingestion (for example isopropyl alcohol, methanol), alcoholic ketoacidosis, lactic acidosis, renal failure and diabetic ketoacidosis. Respiratory acidosis will occur if the lungs are not ventilating properly resulting in an excess of carbon dioxide in the body. (25 Jun 1999)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbon Dioxide Acidosis

Literary usage of Carbon dioxide acidosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles and practice of infant feeding by Julius Hays Hess (1922)
"... with decompensation, carbon dioxide frequently accumulates in the blood in amounts in excess of the normal, resulting in a carbon dioxide acidosis. ..."

2. The Principles of Acidosis and Clinical Methods for Its Study by Andrew Watson Sellards (1917)
"PETERS, JP, Jr. Carbon dioxide Acidosis: The Cause of Cardiac Dyspnoea. Am. Jour. Physiol., 1917, 43, 118. 71. JOSLIN, EP The Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus ..."

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