n. 1  1. 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. Also called metabolic alkalosis.
In the period before the exclusion, there were 82 closures of family-planning clinics in Texas,5 and the decrease in the number of family-planning clinics was greater in counties without Planned Parenthood affiliates than in those with such affiliates.
The HCR ManorCare family includes more than 55,000 employees, more than 280 Medicare and Medicaid-certified skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers; hospice care in over 100 markets; and more than 50 centers providing Alzheimerâs and related dementia care.