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What does prolong mean?

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  1. (transitive) To extend in space or length.
  2. (transitive) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of
  3. (transitive) To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.
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The alkaloid also acts on the myocardium to depress conduction and irritability, as well as to prolong the myocardial refractory period.
Surgery is not the buzz kill it once was, and corrective operations and medicine can prolong careers.
After all, part of his or her vocation is to tend the sick with care and conscientiousness, not just cure disease or prolong life.
Elements of occultism were reflected in claims of ability to prolong life and transmute metals.
Many legends have spoke on its great and fabled powers, saying that it has the ability to drop gold and prolong life, so on.
Only by concerted action can we counter the sheer humanity of those who wish to prolong the agony of death.

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