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 - Science and technology. 1  Medical state, one's current state of health, usually within a hospital. 2  Mental state (disambiguation) 3  State, a complete description of a system in classical mechanics. 4  Quantum state, the state of a quantum mechanical system given by a vector in the underlying Hilbert space.