LONG-ACTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does long-acting mean? 

• LONG-ACTING (adjective)
  The adjective LONG-ACTING has 1 sense:

1. active over a long period of time

  Familiarity information: LONG-ACTING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LONG-ACTING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Active over a long period of time

Similar:

long (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified)

 Context examples 

A long-acting, first-generation, cyclohexyl sulfonylurea with antihyperglycemic activity.

(Metahexamide, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt of minocycline, a broad spectrum long-acting derivative of the antibiotic tetracycline, with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activities.

(Minocycline Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A long-acting piperidine derivate with selective H1 antihistaminergic and non-sedating properties.

(Desloratadine, NCI Thesaurus)

A substituted phenylaminoethanol and a long-acting beta-2 adrenergic agonist with sympathomimetic activity.

(Clenbuterol, NCI Thesaurus)

The dihydrochloride salt form of carmegliptin, a potent, long-acting, selective, orally bioavailable, pyrrolidinone-based inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4), with hypoglycemic activity.

(Carmegliptin Dihydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A long-acting, first-generation sulfonylurea with hypoglycemic activity.

(Chlorpropamide, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic long-acting cyclic octapeptide with pharmacologic properties mimicking those of the natural hormone somatostatin.

(Octreotide, NCI Thesaurus)

The acetate salt of a synthetic long-acting cyclic octapeptide with pharmacologic properties mimicking those of the natural hormone somatostatin.

(Octreotide Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

The long-acting benzathine salt form of penicillin G, a broad-spectrum penicillin antibiotic.

(Penicillin G Benzathine, NCI Thesaurus)

An orally available, long-acting derivative of coumarin with anticoagulant activity.

(Phenprocoumon, NCI Thesaurus)