"slow-acting" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "slower-acting",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more slow-acting",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slowest-acting",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most slow-acting",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "slower-acting",
        "2": "more",
        "sup": "slowest-acting"
      },
      "expansion": "slow-acting (comparative slower-acting or more slow-acting, superlative slowest-acting or most slow-acting)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This is a very slow-acting medication.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Taking effect slowly, not immediately."
      ],
      "id": "en-slow-acting-en-adj-fN6POqiu",
      "links": [
        [
          "effect",
          "effect"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huǎnmàn jiànxiào de",
          "sense": "taking effect slowly",
          "word": "緩慢見效的 /缓慢见效的"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chíxiào de",
          "sense": "taking effect slowly",
          "word": "遲效的 /迟效的"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "taking effect slowly",
          "word": "hitaasti vaikuttava"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "taking effect slowly",
          "word": "à action lente"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "taking effect slowly",
          "word": "qui agit lentement"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "slow-acting"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "slower-acting",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more slow-acting",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slowest-acting",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most slow-acting",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "slower-acting",
        "2": "more",
        "sup": "slowest-acting"
      },
      "expansion": "slow-acting (comparative slower-acting or more slow-acting, superlative slowest-acting or most slow-acting)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This is a very slow-acting medication.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Taking effect slowly, not immediately."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "effect",
          "effect"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huǎnmàn jiànxiào de",
      "sense": "taking effect slowly",
      "word": "緩慢見效的 /缓慢见效的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chíxiào de",
      "sense": "taking effect slowly",
      "word": "遲效的 /迟效的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "taking effect slowly",
      "word": "hitaasti vaikuttava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "taking effect slowly",
      "word": "à action lente"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "taking effect slowly",
      "word": "qui agit lentement"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slow-acting"
}