A cutoff value of -2 mmol/L had a 100% sensitivity and specificity for septic abdominal effusions in dogs, 5 meaning that in all dogs with a septic effusion, the fluid lactate concentration was at least 2 mmol/L higher than the blood lactate concentration.
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of state of matter): form; phase ((physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary)
state of affairs definition, state of affairs meaning | English dictionary. state. 9 often cap one of a number of areas or communities having their own governments and forming a federation under a sovereign government, as in the U.S. n a state consisting of a sovereign city and its dependencies.