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Definition of Agonist

1. Noun. The principal character in a work of fiction.

2. Noun. Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon).

3. Noun. A muscle that contracts while another relaxes. "When bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist"

4. Noun. (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.

Definition of Agonist

1. n. One who contends for the prize in public games.

Definition of Agonist

1. Noun. Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon). ¹

2. Noun. The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes. ¹

3. Noun. (biochemistry) A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Agonist

1. one that is engaged in a struggle [n -S]

Medical Definition of Agonist

1. 1. A prime mover. 2. A drug that has affinity for and stimulates physiologic activity at cell receptors normally stimulated by naturally occurring substances, thus triggering a biochemical response. (18 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agonist

agonal leukocytosis agonal rhythm agonal thrombus agone agones agonic agonic line agonies agonise agonised

agonises agonising agonisingly agonism agonisms agonist (current term) agonistes agonistic agonistic behaviour agonistic monoclonal antibodies

agonistic monoclonal antibody agonistical agonistically agonists agonization agonize agonized agonizes agonizin'

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