Definition of Long-acting

1. Adjective. Active over a long period of time.

Similar to: Long

Definition of Long-acting

1. Adjective. (pharmacy) Having a pharmaceutical effect principally in the long term. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Long-acting

lonelyheart
lonelyhearts
loneness
lonenesses
loner
loners
lonesome
lonesome(a)
lonesomely
lonesomeness
lonesomenesses
lonesomes
long
long, long lost
long-acting (current term)
long-acting thyroid stimulator
long-acuminate
long-ago
long-arm statute
long-arm statutes
long-awaited
long-beard
long-billed marsh wren
long-breathed
long-chain
long-chain-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
long-chain-alcohol O-fatty-acyltransferase
long-chain-alcohol dehydrogenase
long-chain-fatty-acid-(acyl-carrier-protein) ligase

Literary usage of Long-acting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Correspondence Between William Penn and James Logan, Secretary of the by William Penn, James Logan (1872)
"... most scandalous in those gentlemen to flinch now, after so long acting and so often declaring their entire satisfaction. ..."

2. A Biennial Retrospect of Medicine, Surgery, and Their Allied Sciences, for by New Sydenham Society (1873)
"... of aT bandage. they have been long acting, gradually elongating the attachments, and stretching and elongating the organs themselves, or parts of them. ..."

3. Keynotes and characteristics with comparisons of some of the leading by Henry Clay Allen (1899)
"Lye. is a deep-seated, long-acting remedy, and should rarely be repeated after improvement begins. Aggravation. — Nearly all diseases from 4 to 8 PM (Hell. ..."

4. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"Several long-acting nitrate preparations which are used to prevent attacks of angina work in much the same way as nitroglycerine. These preparations may be ..."

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