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hyperchloraemic acidosis (medicine)


hyperchloraemic acidosis -->
renal tubular acidosis
<nephrology> A rare sometimes familial disorder of the renal tubule characterised by the inability to excrete urine of normal acidity.

This leads to a hyperchloraemic acidosis which is often associated with one or more secondary complications such as hypercalcinuria with nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis, rickets, or osteomalacia and severe potassium depletion.