aciduria (redirected from paradoxical aciduria)

aciduria /ac·id·u·ria/ (as?i-du´re-ah) excess of acid in the urine. For those characterized by increased concentration of a specific acid, see at the acid.

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organic aciduria  excessive excretion of one or more organic acids in the urine.

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ac·i·du·ri·a (s-dr-)

n.

1. Excretion of a specific acid in an abnormal amount.

2. Excretion of an abnormal amount of any specified acid.

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aciduria

the excretion of acid in the urine. See also specific forms, such as aminoaciduria, orotic aciduria.

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orotic aciduria

appearance of orotic acid, an intermediate of pyrimidine synthesis, in the urine due to a lack of orotate phosphoribosyltransferase activity.

paradoxical aciduria

occurs when a metabolic alkalosis caused by severe vomiting or pooling of gastric secretions in the abomasum leads to renal bicarbonate reabsorption and sodium-hydrogen exchange with the inappropriate production of acid urine.