has part has part characteristic of inheres in has modifier Abnormality of acid-base homeostasis Alkalemia 2019-02-23T18:42:24Z An abnormally high blood pH (usually defined as 7.41 or above). When describing acid-base abnormalities, acidosis and alkalosis refer to physiological processes that lower or raise the pH, respectively, while acidemia and alkalemia simply describe the state of an abnormal blood pH. This distinction is important: a patient with acidemia could have both a respiratory and metabolic acidosis as well as a concurrent metabolic alkalosis. abnormal decreased acidity blood