FDA Approves Valsartan/Sacubitril (Entresto) Combination for Heart Failure. BETHESDA, MD â The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now approved the combination tablet valsartan/sacubitril (Entresto, Novartis) for the treatment of patients with heart failure.
Decrease definition, to diminish or lessen in extent, quantity, strength, power, etc.: During the ten-day march across the desert their supply of water decreased rapidly. See more.
late 14c., to make (something) less compact or dense, from Old French relaschier set free; soften; reduce (14c.), from Latin relaxare relax, loosen, open, stretch out, widen again; make loose, from re-back (see re-) + laxare loosen, from laxus loose (see lax). Of persons, to become less formal, from 1837. Meaning decrease tension is from early 15c.; intransitive sense of to become less tense is recorded from 1935. Related: Relaxed; relaxing.