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Meaning of long-acting | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Having a pharmaceutical effect principally in the long term.

Examples

“I have tried all the medium and short acting non-barbiturate sedatives since the war (including thalidomide) but they don’t work and I don’t trust the newfangled long acting, “safe” analgesics.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

long-acuminate long-ago long-awaited long-barrelled long-billed long-bonneted