Medical Dictionary

tide

noun \ˈtīd\

Medical Definition of TIDE

:  a temporary increase or decrease in a specified substance or quality in the body or one of its systems <a postprandial alkaline tide, the typical rise in urinary pH associated with gastric acid secretion—E. J. Jacobson & Gerhard Fuchs>

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