short-acting

adjective

1. (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted Compare intermediate-acting long-acting

Example Sentences

Hiram returned short answers to these queries—very short—acting the while as if he were in pain under a certain infliction.

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It is George Shenstone; who is attending on her, handing the arrows—in short acting as her aide-de-camp.

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