short-acting
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The Danish drugmaker said Tuesday that pre-filled pens and vials of long- and short-acting insulins will see list price reductions.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
The lawmakers also noted that the price of two widely used short-acting insulins -- Eli Lilly's Humalog and Novo Nordisk's Novolog -- increased 585 percent and 87 percent, respectively, during the same time period.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2019
In June, the Supreme Court ruled against Mr. Glossip and two other Oklahoma death-row inmates who argued that one of the drugs in the state’s three-drug protocol — midazolam, a short-acting sedative — was unreliable.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2015
And any person who finds that they use 12 or more short-acting reliever inhalers in a year must see a doctor because it means their condition is not under control and needs other medication.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2015
And as noted earlier, basophils release heparin, a short-acting anticoagulant that also opposes prothrombin.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
