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controlled-release

controlled-release adjective: of a drug or medicine, involving the gradual release of an active component.

Adjective

controlled-release (not comparable)

  1. Of a drug or medicine, involving the gradual release of an active component.

Questions about controlled-release

What does controlled-release mean?
Controlled-release means of a drug or medicine, involving the gradual release of an active component.
What part of speech is controlled-release?
Controlled-release is an adjective.

Words near controlled-release in the dictionary

  1. controlled variable times
  2. controlled vocabularies
  3. controlled vocabulary
  4. controlled-access highway
  5. controlled-access highways
  6. controlled-release
  7. controlledly
  8. controlledness
  9. controllee
  10. controllees
  11. controller

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