Glossary of HIV/AIDS Terms
This glossary contains 1,600 terms and is maintained by the editors of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation's Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS.
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lactic acidosis: a buildup of lactic acid in the blood, accompanied by low blood pH; a potentially fatal condition characterized by nausea, abdominal pain, fatigue, muscle weakness, and shortness of breath. Lactic acidosis may develop in conjunction with mitochondrial toxicity, an uncommon side effect associated with nucleoside and nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors.