different between acidosis vs acidic

English

Etymology

From acid +? -osis

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??s?s

Noun

acidosis (countable and uncountable, plural acidoses)

1. (pathology) An abnormally increased acidity of the blood.

Derived terms

• high anion gap metabolic acidosis
• ketoacidosis
• lactacidosis

Related terms

• acidotic

Translations

Anagrams

• isoacids

Spanish

Etymology

ácido +? -osis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /a?i?dosis/, [a.?i?ð?o.sis]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /asi?dosis/, [a.si?ð?o.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Hyphenation: a?ci?do?sis

Noun

acidosis f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) acidosis (abnormally increased acidity of the blood)

Related terms

• acidótico
• acidosis láctica

See also

• alcalosis

Further reading

• “acidosis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

acid +? -ic. Doublet of acidy.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??s?d?k/, enPR: ?s?d??k
• Hyphenation: a?cid?ic

Adjective

acidic (comparative more acidic, superlative most acidic)

1. (chemistry) Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
2. (mineralogy) Containing a high percentage of silica; opposed to basic.
3. Of or relating to acid; having the character of an acid.

   an acidic solution

Synonyms

• acid

Antonyms

• (having pH less than 7): basic

Translations

References

• acidic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Interlingua

Adjective

acidic (not comparable)

1. acidic, acid

Related terms

• acido