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short-acting (comparative more short-acting, superlative most short-acting)

  1. (pharmacology) Having a pharmaceutical effect principally in the short term.
    Short-acting insulin is maximally effective for one to three hours.
    • 1988, E[dward] J[ames] Moran Campbell, Not Always on the Level, [London]: British Medical Journal, →ISBN, page 194:
      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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