Causes and symptoms. The primary cause of respiratory alkalosis is hyperventilation. This rapid, deep breathing can be caused by conditions related to the lungs like pneumonia, lung disease, or asthma. More commonly, hyperventilation is associated with anxiety, fever, drug overdose, carbon monoxide poisoning, or serious infections.
Mayas. 1  1a : a Mayan language of the ancient Maya peoples recorded in inscriptionsb : yucatec; especially : the older form of that language known from documents of the Spanish period. 2  2 : a member of a group of Indian peoples chiefly of YucatÃ¡n, Belize, and Guatemala whose languages are Mayan.
mayan back to top meaning a member of an american indian people of yucatan and belize and guatemala who had a culture which reached its peak between ad 300 and 900 characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomyayan noun the noun mayan has 2 senses 1 a member of an american indian people of yucatan and belize and guatemala who had a culture which reached its peak between ad 300 and 900 characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy 2 a family of american indian languages spoken by maya