#alemi

• Alkalemia — The physiological or pathological state characterized by an increase in blood alkalinity beyond normal limits, resulting in an arterial pH value greater than 7.45. This structural acid-base imbalance can be caused by the accumulation of bases or the excessive loss of acids from the body, being closely correlated with severe metabolic or respiratory disorders.
• Alems — The plural form of the neuter noun alem; ornamental metal finials, flagpole toppers, or traditional decorations shaped like crescents, spears, or spheres, historically mounted atop military banners or the domes of religious buildings in the Ottoman Empire. Structurally, these pieces held a major symbolic and heraldic role in defining religious or martial authority.
• Alem topping — A highly rare learned term designating the hypothetical action or process of equipping, adorning, or crowning a building, mast, or banner with an alem (ornamental metal finial); the act of symbolically marking an architectural peak. Structurally, the term is a neological or archaic noun of action used in niche monographic descriptions.
• Alem-topped — Having been equipped, adorned, crowned, or structurally marked at the peak with an alem (an ornamental metal finial shaped like a crescent, spear, or sphere). In descriptions of historical architecture or Balkan archaeology, the term describes the final state of a minaret, a mosque dome, or an Ottoman military mast after the official mounting of the heraldic symbol.