Definition of "short-acting" []

• Having a pharmaceutical effect principally in the short term. (adjective)

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• "Quick relief medicines work as short-acting bronchodilators that open the airways by relaxing the muscles that surround them."
• "Generic name for a class of medicines that are commonly used short-acting bronchodilators for quick relief of symptoms (like wheezing and shortness of breath)."
• "Exercise-induced asthma can be improved by using short-acting bronchodilators 15 to 30 minutes before starting to exercise and by good everyday control of asthma."