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Lactic acidosis is the excessive buildup of lactic acid in your blood due to a malfunctioning liver or extensive use of certain medications. (healthcare-online.org)
The findings may prove especially important to diabetics and AIDS patients, who often suffer from a potentially lethal buildup of lactic acid in the blood known as lactic acidosis. (sciencemag.org)