alkalosis
- n abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues
- In its later stages, alkalosis may bring on muscle spasms, fever, coma, and finally death.
- Whenever they adopt white men's flour, they develop alkalosis.
- Between the devil of alkalosis and the deep blue sea of uncertain acidity, the average man should prescribe nothing for himself except to eat and drink moderately, and should try .