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milliequivalents per litre (meq/l)

some medical tests report results in milliequivalents per litre (meq/l).

  • an equivalent is the amount of a substance that will react with a certain number of hydrogen ions. a milliequivalent is one-thousandth of an equivalent.
  • a litre measures fluid volume. it is a little bigger than a quart.

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