part_of part of part of has_part has part has part characteristic of inheres in inheres in has role has_role has role has modifier chemical entity acid Acidosis HP:0001941 UMLS:C0001122 Abnormal acid accumulation or depletion of base. MSH:D000138 HP:0001940 human_phenotype 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. SNOMEDCT_US:51387008 Abnormality of acid-base homeostasis abnormal increased amount bodily fluid