carbon dioxide acidosis
- noun
- /ˈkɑrbən daɪˈoksɪd əˈsɪdəs/
- Specialized
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acidosis por dióxido de carbono
- Patients with severe emphysema are at risk of carbon dioxide acidosis due to poor gas exchange.
Examples
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Patients with carbon dioxide acidosis often experience shortness of breath.
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The doctor explained that carbon dioxide acidosis can lead to confusion and lethargy in patients.
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Rapid breathing is sometimes a response to carbon dioxide acidosis as the body tries to expel excess CO2.
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The doctor explained that carbon dioxide acidosis can lead to serious complications.
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Patients with severe emphysema are at risk of carbon dioxide acidosis due to poor gas exchange.
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Rapid breathing is sometimes a response to carbon dioxide acidosis as the body tries to expel excess CO2.
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The doctor explained that carbon dioxide acidosis can lead to confusion and lethargy in patients.
Synonyms
Blood becomes too acidic because the lungs do not remove enough carbon dioxide
A condition in which the blood has too much carbon dioxide
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Morphology
The meaning — an acidosis caused by excess carbon dioxide — is directly compositional from 'carbon' + 'dioxide' (CO2) and 'acidosis' (excess acidity). This follows standard medical noun-noun naming patterns and has close equivalents in other languages, so a learner who knows the constituent words would be able to infer the overall meaning.
Etymology
Carbon dioxide acidosis describes a literal problem: too much carbon dioxide (the gas we breathe out) stays in the blood and causes acidosis, which is 'too much acid in the blood'. So the phrase is used when the lungs cannot remove carbon dioxide well and the extra acid makes someone feel tired, confused, or short of breath.