delayed release
Held back launch
Delayed release describes medication formulated to dissolve after passing through the stomach, releasing its contents in the intestines rather than immediately upon swallowing.
This protects drugs that would be destroyed by stomach acid or prevents stomach irritation from certain compounds.
The term also applies more broadly to anything designed to activate or become available after a set interval: The album's delayed release built anticipation among fans.
- extendedLengthened in time or space
- sustainedKept up continuously
- timedMeasured for duration
- capsuleEnclosed dose container
- tabletFlat portable computing device
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- oral medicationstablet, tablets, capsule, capsules, pill
- pill typespill, aspirin, ibuprofen, paracetamol, vitamin
- dosing instructionsdaily, twice daily, three times daily, once daily, every 4 hours
- dosing timingonce daily, twice daily, around the clock, as needed, bedtime dose
- drug deliverydrug delivery, injection, capsule, tablet, spray
- launcheslaunch, launched, rocket launch, blast off, satellite launch
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