Vinegar is an alcoholic liquid that has been allowed to sour. It is primarily used to flavor and preserve foods and as an ingredient in salad dressings and marinades. Vinegar is also used as a cleaning agent. The word is from the French vin (wine) and aigre (sour).
PCV is the percentage of red blood cells in circulating blood. A decreased PCV generally means red blood cell loss from any variety of reasons like cell destruction, blood loss, and failure of bone marrow production. An increased PCV generally means dehydration or an abnormal increase in red blood cell production.
HCV lab results are confusing. I am looking at my lab results for hep c screening and am not sure what they mean. HCV Ab w/Rflx to RIBA says 8.9 High, s/c ratio 0.0-0.9 negative, RIBA result, negative. Then it says not infected with HCV, unless recent infection is suspected or other evidence exists to indicate HCV infection. Also, HCV RT-PCR, Quant (Non-graph), Hepatitis C Quantitation HCV not detected. HCV log 10, Unable to calculate result since non-numeric result obtained for component test.