prolonged-action

[ pruh-lawngd-ak-shuhn, -longd- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Pharmacology.

Indeed, all the oldest stratified rocks have been baked by the prolonged action of heat.

Extractive matter and tannin are particularly liable to a change of this kind, by the prolonged action of heat in the bath.

The latter substances alone are not immediately decomposed by aqua regia, which attacks them only after prolonged action.

It is supposed by some that a prolonged action of the iron developer produces fogginess.

It is obtained by the prolonged action of chlorine on absolute alcohol.

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