slow-release

[ sloh-ri-lees ]

adjective

, Chemistry, Pharmacology.

1. sustained-release.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slow-release¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

In the next step of the experiment, two days before a planned noise exposure, they injected mice with a slow-release chemical gel solution that would chelate the zinc, essentially trapping it so that it is not able to float freely in the ear.

From Seattle Times

Both states and households have only slowly spent down the savings they amassed during those pandemic years, so the money has continued to trickle through the economy like a slow-release booster shot.

From New York Times

One new approach, described by Shapiro and colleagues at the University of Liverpool in a 2018 preclinical study, would use an injectable, slow-release formulation of atovaquone to provide vaccine-like protection for weeks at a time.

From Science Daily

That’s why Lo has high hopes for the slow-release, relatively uncomplicated form of buprenorphine called Sublocade that Gather started using about six months ago.

From Seattle Times

Then apply a slow-release, balanced fertilizer with a 10-10-10 ratio of nutrients.

From Washington Times