verb
- to make alkaline or more alkaline
Usage: technical; chemistry
Examples
- The doctor recommended alkalinizing the patient’s urine to prevent kidney stones.
- Adding baking soda will alkalinize the solution.
- The treatment aims to alkalinize the blood pH.
- Certain foods can help alkalinize your body.
- The chemist needed to alkalinize the compound before the next step.
- Lime is often used to alkalinize acidic soil.