See Also: sustained(dictionary)
sustained(dictionary)
sustained yield(medicine)
sustained release tablet(medicine)

sustained (iou)



sustained ppl adjective. L18.
[from SUSTAIN verb + -ED1.]
That has been sustained; esp. maintained continuously or without flagging over a long period.
Special collocations & comb.: sustained-release adjective (Pharmacology) designating a preparation that releases a substance slowly or intermittently into the bloodstream so as to maintain a steady concentration, esp. administered orally in a capsule containing numerous tiny pellets with different coatings. sustained yield the quantity of a crop that can be periodically harvested without long-term depletion.
? Earlier in UNSUSTAINED.
sustainedly adverb M19.