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 change - a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition phase change, phase transition, physical change freeze, freezing - the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid