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.
Maya (given name) For other uses, see Maya (disambiguation). Maya is a feminine name with multiple meanings. In Hindu philosophy, MÄyÄ means illusion and in Hindu mythology, it is also an alternate name of the Hindu goddess Durga. According to tradition, Queen MÄyÄ of Sakya was also the name of the mother of Siddartha Gautama, the Buddha.