There are three available metformin strengths: 500-mg, 850-mg, and 1000-mg tablets (625-mg and 750-mg tablets were once available but have since been discontinued). A long-acting form of the medication (metformin ER) is also available; it comes in two strengths, 500-mg and 750-mg tablets. Long-acting metformin 1000-mg tablets are also available and are sold under the brand names of FortametÂ® and GlumetzaÂ®. A liquid version of metformin, called RiometÂ®, is also available.
Awns on the fruit of an Australian species of grass. In botany, an awn is either a hair- or bristle-like appendage on a larger structure, or in the case of the Asteraceae, a stiff needle-like element of the pappus. Awns are characteristic of various plant families, including Geraniaceae and many grasses (Poaceae).
KJV Dictionary Definition: leaven. leaven. LEAVEN, n. lev'n. L. levo, Eng. to lift. 1. A mass of sour dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough or paste, produces fermentation in it and renders it light. During the seven days of the passover, no leaven was permitted to be in the houses of the Jews. Ex. 12. 2. Any thing which makes a general change in the mass. It generally means something which corrupts or depraves that with which it is mixed. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Matt. 16. LEAVEN, v.t. lev'n. 1. To excite fermentation in; to raise and make light, as dough or paste. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. 1Cor. 5. 2. to taint; to imbue. leavened. LEAVENED, pp. lev'ened. Taised and made light by fermentation. leavening. LEAVENING, ppr. lev'ening. Making light by fermentation. LEAVENING, n. lev'ening. that which leavens or makes light. leavenous. LEAVENOUS, a. lev'enous. containing leaven; tainted.