acidosis

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UK/ˌæs.ɪˈdəʊ.sɪs/Canada, US/ˌæs.ɪˈdoʊ.sɪs/Australia/ˌæs.ɪˈdəʉ.sɪs/

noun

An abnormally increased acidity of the blood.

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

nounacidosis (countable and uncountable, plural acidoses)

plural acidoses

  1. countableuncountablemedicineAn abnormally increased acidity of the blood.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*akēō
  4. Latinaceō
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  6. Latinacidu
  7. Frenchacide
  8. Englishacid
  9. Englishacidosis

From acid + -osis.

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Translations

Arabic حُمَّاض
  • حُمَّاض (ḥummāḍ)abnormally increased acidity of the blood
Basque azidosi
  • azidosiabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Bulgarian ацидоза
  • ацидоза (acidoza)abnormally increased acidity of the blood
Catalan acidosi
  • acidosiabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Chinese Cantonese 酸中毒
  • 酸中毒 (syun¹ zung³ duk⁶)abnormally increased acidity of the blood
Chinese Mandarin 酸中毒
  • 酸中毒 (suānzhòngdú)abnormally increased acidity of the blood
Czech acidóza
  • acidózaabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Danish acidose
  • acidoseabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Dutch acidose
  • acidoseabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Esperanto acidozo
  • acidozoabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Estonian atsidoos
  • atsidoosabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Finnish asidoosi, happomyrkytys
  • asidoosiabnormally increased acidity of the blood
  • happomyrkytysabnormally increased acidity of the blood
French acidose
  • acidoseabnormally increased acidity of the blood
German Azidose
  • Azidoseabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Greek οξέωση
  • οξέωση (oxéosi)abnormally increased acidity of the blood
Hindi अम्लरक्तता
  • अम्लरक्तता (amlaraktatā)abnormally increased acidity of the blood
Hungarian acidózis
  • acidózisabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Indonesian asidosis
  • asidosisabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Irish aigéadóis
  • aigéadóisabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Italian acidosi
  • acidosiabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Japanese アシドーシス, 酸血症
  • アシドーシス (ashidōshisu)abnormally increased acidity of the blood
  • 酸血症 (sankesshō)abnormally increased acidity of the blood
Korean 산성증
  • 산성증 (sanseongjeung)abnormally increased acidity of the blood
Latvian acidoze
  • acidozeabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Lithuanian acidozė
  • acidozėabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Malay asidosis
  • asidosisabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Norwegian Bokmål acidose
  • acidoseabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Polish kwasica, acydoza
  • kwasicaabnormally increased acidity of the blood
  • acydozaabnormally increased acidity of the blood
  • acydemiaabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Portuguese acidose
  • acidoseabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Romanian acidoză
  • acidozăabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Russian ацидо́з
  • ацидо́з (acidóz)abnormally increased acidity of the blood
Slovak acidóza
  • acidózaabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Spanish acidosis
  • acidosisabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Swedish acidos
  • acidosabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Tagalog asidosis
  • asidosisabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Turkish asidoz
  • asidozabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Ukrainian ацидо́з
  • ацидо́з (acydóz)abnormally increased acidity of the blood
Vietnamese nhiễm toan
  • nhiễm toanabnormally increased acidity of the blood
Welsh asidosis
  • asidosisabnormally increased acidity of the blood

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

acidosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acidosis

MLA

“acidosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acidosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acidosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acidosis.

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