AGONIST


Meaning of AGONIST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈa-gə-nist ]

noun

Etymology: Late Latin agonista competitor, from Greek agōnistēs, from agōnizesthai to contend, from agōn

Date: circa 1623

1. : one that is engaged in a struggle

2.

[from antagonist ]

a. : a muscle that is controlled by the action of an antagonist with which it is paired

b. : a chemical substance capable of combining with a specific receptor on a cell and initiating the same reaction or activity typically produced by the binding endogenous substance

dopaminergic agonist s

— compare antagonist 2b

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