(v. i.) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
(v. i.) To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
(v. i.) To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided.
Example Sentences:
(1) Although the group is constantly the target of an all-out political assault, it has a robust national fundraising operation that allows it to subsidize abortions for poor women and expand to new locations.
(2) However, endotoxin-induced wound chamber fluid in C5 D mice showed an increasing leukotactic activity at the same time as the acute inflammatory response subsided in C5 N mice.
(3) Usually it took 3-6 months for majority (61.5%) of reactions subside completely.
(4) Whereas the abdominal pain subsided rapidly under oxygen therapy and liquid nourishment, the radiological changes receded gradually.
(5) Because in 21 of 28 patients with acute cholecystitis symptoms and signs subsided within 48 hours of conservative management in hospital, they recommend a two-day trial of conservative management for patients with acute cholecystitis and operation only for those who are not definitely improving under optimal conditions.
(6) The system subsides "en bloc," and it is common practice to offer a modification to the Stokes equation which takes into consideration some function of the porosity of the system.
(7) Appraisal of the results suggested an induction of microsomal enzymes which appeared to be subsiding after the cessation of direct exposure to PCBs.
(8) As an incentive, there should be mass availability of all types of contraceptive devices free of charge to users or at least highly subsidized.
(9) Only when fenestrations were employed did the irritation subside and disappear.
(10) That means that the money being spent on food stamps is money that the government is paying to subsidize company profits: as businesses pay a minimum or near-minimumwage, their workers are forced to turn to government programs to make ends meet.
(11) After a successful second defibrillation, the patient developed Osborn waves, which subsided within a few minutes.
(12) Monosynaptic excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) evoked in rat spinal motoneurons by stimulation of a muscle nerve are enhanced during the first few days after section of the muscle nerve before subsiding to subnormal levels.
(13) The authors favor conservative treatment of tennis elbow, starting with cessation of the offending activity and prescription of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and followed by isometric and isotonic exercises when pain and inflammation have subsided.
(14) Violence had subsided by Sunday evening – but not before dozens had been shot or stabbed, leaving 25 dead and 56 injured.
(15) Measurement of serum neopterin levels demonstrated no significant change from baseline during the first 6 h after endotoxin administration, but were elevated two to four-fold at 24 h. In the three subjects in whom it was measured, a two-fold rise of the mean serum neopterin levels persisted at 48 h. The acute inflammatory events initiated by endotoxin administration to normal humans result in a delayed, but sustained, rise in serum neopterin levels which persists well after the acute phase response has subsided.
(16) Antibiotics in acute stage should be instituted as early as possible and should be continued for three weeks after the fever subsides.
(17) Now, with the initial euphoria subsided, the time has come to see just how playable these new gewgaws actually are.
(18) After the cholangitis subsided, ESWL was performed under the direct cholangiography through ENBD and PTBD and excellent results were obtained which are herein reported.
(19) The skin nodules disappeared as the hypercalcaemia resolved and the cytomegalovirus infection subsided.
(20) Injection of water alone caused a mild inflammatory response that subsided rapidly.
Tranquil
Definition:
(a.) Quiet; calm; undisturbed; peaceful; not agitated; as, the atmosphere is tranquil; the condition of the country is tranquil.
Example Sentences:
(1) The pharmacological examination showed that the new compounds are deprived of the hypnotic activity characteristic for 3,3'-spirobi-5-methyltetrahydrofuranone-2 (2) and behaved in most tests as tranquillizers.
(2) The magnitude of enzyme activation by DZM and CDP appear to correlate with their relative potency of tranquilizing effect.
(3) The recognition that all minor tranquillizers carry the risk of dependence has had a significant impact in their prescription over the years.
(4) Contrary to other studies, central nervous system stimulants are not the most widely prescribed psychoactive drugs in childhood and adolescence, but rather, minor tranquilizers, sedatives and hypnotics are the most widely prescribed psychoactive drugs.
(5) It is important to maintain a perspective of dependence on minor tranquillizers, particularly as attitudes are in danger of being distorted by excessive media attention.
(6) Therefore it is not surprising that drugs - notably the barbiturates and more recently the benzodiazepines (tranquilizers) - have been prescribed to give to the brain that peace of mind that it seeks.
(7) The use of major tranquilizers also decreased significantly (-23%) on Gotland.
(8) The only individual factor independently associated with use of minor tranquilizers was mental health status.
(9) In the rural tranquillity of Jamaica, people routinely reach the high 90s and a great many make 100.
(10) The authors propose a differential approach to the treatment of the identified disorders including the use of tranquilizers, antidepressants, neuroleptics and nootropic drugs, as well as methods of rational psychotherapy.
(11) To determine the effect of relaxation training on the frequency of intake of pro re nata medication for relief of tension and to compare the difference between live and taped instructions of this training 60 patients on PRN minor tranquilizers and sedatives in one nursing unit were studied.
(12) LH may be decreased subsequent to treatment with oral contraceptives or phenothiazine tranquilizers and in a few other conditions.
(13) When relating the results to comparable research on the effects of alcohol, tranquilizers and stimulants, it is concluded that with Neoston in the relatively high dosage as used here, no real detrimental effects on traffic safety are to be expected.
(14) A good agreement was established between the anxiolytic (tranquilizing) effect of phenazepam after administration to rats per os and the rate of its supply to the systemic blood flow.
(15) They made the hypothesis that if a tranquillizing drug were administered the operative level of neuroticism would be decreased, and as a consequence the level of susceptibility of neurotic extraverts would be raised, and that of neurotic introverts lowered.
(16) Beta-blockers reduced HR increases due to mental stress, whereas the minor tranquilizer reduced skin conductance level throughout the whole trial.
(17) In our hands it has been used to reverse the adverse central effects of tranquilizers, antihistamines and belladonna alkaloids.
(18) The modulators are the wellknown drugs: diazepam which is a facilitator of some of the GABA receptors, and used clinically for its tranquilizing, anxiolytic, sedative-hypnotic and anti-convulsant properties; sodium valproate which is known to enhance the GABA synapse function, and used clinically for its anti-convulsant property; haloperidol which is a dopaminergic receptor (D2) blocker, and clinically used for its anti-psychotic property; cyproheptadine which is both anti-histaminic and anti-serotonergic (blocks 5-HT2 receptor), used clinically for its antihistaminic and other beneficial properties; and hydrocortisone which is the stress-resisting glucocorticoid having direct effects on both brain and body cells, used clinically for the wide-ranging glucocorticoid therapeutic effects.
(19) An analysis has been made of individual purchases of hypnotics, sedatives and minor tranquilizers made during 1973 by patients who had bought such drugs either only once (group S, n= 417) or regularly (group R, n=76) during a 16-month period five years earlier from pharmacies in the town of Ostersund, county of Jmtland, Sweden.
(20) Increased risk for glioma was associated with rural residence, history of a positive tuberculosis skin test and consumption of pork products; increased meningioma risk was associated with a positive reaction to a tuberculosis skin test, previous stroke, use of tranquillizers and a vegetarian life-style in childhood.