PROLONGED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prolonged mean? 

• PROLONGED (adjective)
  The adjective PROLONGED has 2 senses:

1. relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

2. drawn out or made longer spatially

  Familiarity information: PROLONGED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROLONGED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

Synonyms:

drawn-out; extended; lengthy; prolonged; protracted

Context example:

protracted negotiations

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Drawn out or made longer spatially

Synonyms:

elongated; extended; lengthened; prolonged

Context example:

a prolonged black line across the page

Similar:

long (primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified)

 Context examples 

Blocking cytokine IL-1β or associated cytokines prevented the prolonged sensitivity when given with the morphine treatment.

(Opioid Pain Relievers May Prolong Pain, NIH)

He could not endure a prolonged contact with another body.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Prolonged exposure to mild cold also resulted in significant changes in metabolic hormones such as leptin and adiponectin.

(Cool temperature alters human fat and metabolism, NIH)

Infants who received prolonged antibiotic treatment had less diverse bacterial populations in their gut, compared to the other infants, and these bacteria contained more antibiotic resistance genes.

(Prolonged antibiotic treatment may alter preterm infants’ microbiome, National Institutes of Health)

If the interaction between CD40 and CD40L is prolonged, the B cell can be induced to become a memory cell rather than a plasma cell.

(Antigen Dependent B Cell Activation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

It results in thrombocytopenia, prolonged bleeding time and the presence of giant platelets.

(Bernard-Soulier Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

This is may be characterized by prolonged P wave duration, increased P wave amplitude, or multi-component P waves.

(Atrial Enlargement by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

But enough of this! (Loud and prolonged cheers.)

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You might get C. difficile disease if you have an illness that requires prolonged use of antibiotics.

(Clostridium Difficile Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

The team first tested cycles of prolonged fasting in yeast, a single-celled organism.

(Health Effects of a Diet that Mimics Fasting, NIH)