long term

long term

1. The longer period, dealing with more than the short-term effects or concerns.

• long term evolution

long term

1. Alternative form of long-term.
   • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:

     Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.

long term

1. Alternative form of long-term.