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Acidosis

Acidosis (acidosis; lat. acidus, acidum – acid, acidity, acid + Greek - Usis (словообраз. a suffix) – a disease) – one of forms of disturbance of acid-base equilibrium in an organism; it is characterized by shift of a ratio between cations of the bases and anions of acids towards increase in anions.

 
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