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prolong Definition

pro·long (prō lôŋ, prə-)

transitive verb

to lengthen or extend in time or space

Etymology: ME prolongen < MFr prolonguer < LL prolongare < L pro-, forth + longus, long: see pro- & long

prolong Related Forms

pro′·lon·ga·tion (-gās̸hən) noun pro·longer noun

prolong Synonyms

prolong

v.

prolong Usage Examples

Object

  • agony: Arguably, it has actually made the killing worse by prolonging the agony.
  • aptt: The specific inhibitor will prolong the aPTT and it will not correct with mixing.
  • survival: It does not prolong survival in a patient with advanced disease.
  • shelf-life: Other systems store cask beer under gas so as to prolong the shelf-life.
  • lifespan: This change in tack is about one thing only, prolonging the lifespan of the liberal establishment.
  • expectancy: From this it appears that surgery is more likely to prolong life expectancy.

Adjective complement

due: If they are prolonged due to a temporary or acute condition they should return to normal on their own within a short time period.

Modifying Another Word

  • indefinitely: The path wandered a while in the open, and then passed under a trellis like a bower indefinitely prolonged.
  • unnecessarily: I will, however, without hopefully unnecessarily prolonging the subject try to respond to a number of points made.
  • unduly: Unduly prolonging a training program will have the inadvertent effect of driving out more talented people.
  • thereby: As temperature decreases drug metabolism and excretion also decreases thereby prolonging recovery.
  • deliberately: The UN accused the warring parties of deliberately prolonging the war as they looted gold, diamonds and other goods.
  • significantly: Tumor burdens in mice were completely eradicated and survival was significantly prolonged.

Used with why or when

when: Sometimes fish are gutted while their hearts are still beating, and the beating is prolonged when they are put into ice.

Present participle complement

  • sit: Thus prolonged sitting and the fat form of the mother caused the fetus ( in the uterus ) to be unable to move itself.
  • bleed: Bleeding It is very unusual for there to be prolonged bleeding from an area where a tooth has been extracted.
  • die: They deny that palliative care prolongs dying nor hastens death, but is about relieving suffering.

Preposition: in

patient: The illness may be prolonged in the patient and he or she may need extra visits to the doctor.

Preposition: for

year: Requests him to prolong for a year the time allowed by him to Sir Hen.

Preposition: by

effect: Was his dying in a suffering way prolonged by the drugs side effects?

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