Animals with severe fluid loss from diarrhea likely have metabolic acidosis [9] . Patients with both vomiting and diarrhea may have gastric loss of chloride and hydrogen ions with intestinal loss of HCO 3â in the diarrhea. Accurate prediction of acid-base status in these patients is thus not possible.
bork â(third-person singular simple present borks, present participle borking, simple past and past participle borked). 1  To misconfigure, especially a computer or other complex device. 2  To break or damage.
shirk (v.) 1630s, to practice fraud or trickery, also a noun (1630s, now obsolete) a needy, disreputable parasite [OED], perhaps from German schurke scoundrel, rogue, knave, villain (see shark (n.)). Sense of evade one's work or duty first recorded 1785, originally in slang. Related: Shirked; shirking.