Short-acting insulin is maximally effective for one to three hours.
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Short-acting
Synonyms for "short-acting" (1 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Translations
4 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- действащ кратко време adj (having a pharmaceutical effect in the short term)
Finnish
1 entries- lyhytvaikutteinen adj (having a pharmaceutical effect in the short term)
German
1 entries- kurzwirksam adj (having a pharmaceutical effect in the short term)
Korean
1 entries- 속효성 adj (having a pharmaceutical effect in the short term)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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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