noun Pathology.
- a condition of the blood and other body fluids in which the bicarbonate concentration is above normal, tending toward alkalemia.
noun
- an abnormal increase in the alkalinity of the blood and extracellular fluids
n.
- Abnormally high alkalinity of the blood and body fluids.
- An imbalance in the pH of body fluids, in which the blood or other body tissue is more basic than normal.