mitmesugustest põhjustest, v.a. hüperventilatsioonist tingitud alkaloos, a condition in which the alkali content of body fluids increases in relation to the acid content, abnormally high alkalinity of the blood and body tissues caused by an excess of bicarbonates, as from an increase in alkali intake, or by or a deficiency of acids other than carbonic acid, as from vomiting