(n.) A species of creeping bent grass (Agrostis alba); -- called also fiorin grass.
Example Sentences:
(1) Statistically significant differences between Fiorinal with Codeine and codeine alone seen principally at the later assessments reflected the long duration of action of the Fiorinal component.
(2) Blood and plasma concentrations of butalbital (from Fiorinal) were determined in a small group of healthy volunteers after single oral doses of 100 mg of butalbital.
(3) Patients admitted to the trial took two capsules of Fiorinal with Codeine, Fiorinal alone, codeine alone, or placebo during each of two tension headache attacks.
(4) The combination drug was also consistently superior to Fiorinal alone and codeine alone in improving the patients' self-evaluation items, and differences between the combination and its components were generally of statistical or borderline significance during the last half of the study.
(5) Side effects occurred in only one patient treated with Fiorinal with Codeine.
(6) The three variables rated by the physician also were generally reduced significantly more with the combination than with placebo or Fiorinal alone.
(7) The well-known difficulty in distinguishing the response to a combination headache medication and its individual components in the presence of a high placebo response was again demonstrated in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center trial comparing Fiorinal with Codeine and its Fiorinal and codeine phosphate components in relieving the pain, tension, and muscle contraction associated with tension headache.
(8) A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study was conducted to ascertain the contribution of Fiorinal and codeine phosphate to the efficacy of Fiorinal with Codeine in relieving the pain, tension, and muscle stiffness associated with tension headache.
(9) Analysis of data from these patients showed that Fiorinal with Codeine was significantly better than placebo in improving patients' self-ratings of various symptoms of tension headache at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, and 4 hours after ingestion of the study medication.
(10) Fiorinal with Codeine was generally significantly more effective than placebo or Fiorinal alone in improving all patient-evaluated items between the second and the fourth hours after administration.
(11) In the original analysis of the study data, no distinction was apparent between patient response to Fiorinal with Codeine and the response to the individual components, a finding that appeared to conflict with the results of a similar earlier study.
(12) Despite a high placebo response, a factor known to obscure the contribution of components, Fiorinal and codeine were each found to contribute significantly to the therapeutic effect of the Fiorinal with Codeine combination.
(13) The investigators' assessments of the effect of treatment on the three principal variables in tension headache (namely, headache pain, psychic tension, and muscle contraction of the head, neck, and shoulders) at the final patient visit also showed Fiorinal with Codeine to be not only significantly superior to placebo but also consistently superior to either component.
(14) The contribution of the Fiorinal and codeine phosphate components to the effectiveness of the Fiorinal with Codeine combination in the treatment of tension headache symptoms was evaluated in a randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter double-blind study.
(15) The superiority of the combination over Fiorinal alone achieved borderline significance for headache pain and psychic tension.
(16) Statistical or borderline superiority of the combination drug over Fiorinal alone was seen most frequently at the early evaluations, a finding that reflected the rapid onset of action of codeine.
(17) Patients were given Fiorinal with Codeine, Fiorinal alone, codeine alone, or placebo for use during two separate headache attacks at least 24 hours apart and were asked to rate the effectiveness of the assigned medication on each occasion.
Florin
Definition:
(n.) A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.
Example Sentences:
(1) Southampton had lost Toby Alderweireld to an early injury but Florin Gardos seamlessly filled the gap alongside José Fonte.
(2) In the process, they made the return leg next Wednesday feel like a formality – even Hart might get a game – and as a measure of their performance it is no exaggeration to say Florin Nita, Steaua’s goalkeeper, had authentic credentials to be recognised as the game’s outstanding performer.
(3) The costs for the reagents were about 0.5 Dutch florin (ca 0.30 US-$) per well.
(4) Assuming the inclusion of France as one of these 'big five', Tom Edwards correctly identified the "perma-permed, shopping addicted Romanian waste of space, Florin Raducioiu .
(5) The other option is the Romania international Florin Gardos, who has been given only 46 minutes of Premier League action since joining from Steaua Bucharest in the summer.
(6) Educational intervention programs in Florin, Greece, a mountainous rural area with a low (15-20%) attendance at prenatal clinics, were conducted to reduce perinatal and infant morbidity and mortality and to promote physical and psychomotor development.
(7) congesta C. Y. Cheng, E. minuta Florin, E. minuta var.
(8) From the resulting corner Florin Andone looped a header on to the roof of the net.
(9) One in three practices did not keep patients' electronic records up to date, which could mean that a patient may not be called for a blood test at the right time.At the Norris Road surgery, run by Dr Michael Florin, "we found confidential records left unattended or not securely storied in a number of areas of the practice".
(10) His stories veer from the Romania forward Florin Raducioiu opting "to go shopping at Harvey Nics with the in-laws" rather than play for West Ham against Stockport, to the Portugal striker Paulo Futre's refusing to wear the club's No 16 shirt ahead of a match against Arsenal.
(11) ex Mey., E. fedtschenkoae Pauls, and E. regeliana Florin are described, compared and illustrated with line drawings.
(12) Córdoba had looked more likely to win the game and Florin Andone hit the crossbar after 67 minutes with a lob over Iker Casillas in the Madrid goal.
(13) It was shown on the basis of NMR-H spectra that the addition of proton to dianions of Zn-octaethylchlorine, Zn-octaethylporphin, and Zn-monoasaethioporphyrin results in the formation of products with the structure of alpha-dihydroflorine, alpha-florine, and gamma-florine respectively.
(14) In this paper, the morphological and histological characters of crude drugs derived from Ephedra likiangensis Florin, E. likiangensis f. mairei (Florin) C. Y. Cheng, E. saxatilis Royle ex Florin, E. gerardiana Wall, E. gerardiana var.