Usually means: Effective for an extended duration.
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  1. long-acting: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. long-acting, long-acting: Collins English Dictionary
  3. long-acting: Vocabulary.com
  4. Long-Acting, Long-acting, long-acting: Wordnik
  5. long-acting: Wiktionary
  6. long-acting: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. long-acting: Dictionary.com
  8. long-acting: Rhymezone
  9. long-acting: FreeDictionary.org
  10. long-acting: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. long-acting: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (pharmacology) Having a pharmaceutical effect principally in the long term.

Similar:
long, short-acting, slow-acting, pharmacoactive, time-release, phytopharmacologic, gastroretentive, timed-release, pharmaceutic, polypharmaceutical, more...

Opposite:
short-acting, immediate-release, fast-acting

Phrases:
long-acting thyroid stimulator, long-acting insulin, Long-acting beta-adrenoceptor agonist, Long-acting reversible contraceptives, more...

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Similar:
long, short-acting, slow-acting, pharmacoactive, time-release, phytopharmacologic, gastroretentive, timed-release, pharmaceutic, polypharmaceutical, more...

Opposite:
short-acting, immediate-release, fast-acting

Phrases:
long-acting thyroid stimulator, long-acting insulin, Long-acting beta-adrenoceptor agonist, Long-acting reversible contraceptives, more...



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