Short-acting
"Short-acting" in a Sentence (2 examples)
Short-acting insulin is maximally effective for one to three hours.
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.
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