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Definition of Potentiation
1. Noun. (medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously.
Generic synonyms: Synergism, Synergy
Derivative terms: Potentiate
Definition of Potentiation
1. Noun. The action of a substance, at a dose that does not itself have an adverse action, in enhancing the effect of another substance ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Potentiation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potentiation
Literary usage of Potentiation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the 2nd NIMH Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"This potentiation was not observed when a specific NMDA receptor antagonist ...
This potentiation was accompanied by a decrease in the relative magnitude of ..."
2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"The degree of potentiation has been shown to vary considerably from one aliphatic
alcohol to ... Of the three, isopropanol showed the greatest potentiation, ..."
3. Pharmacopoea homoeopathica polyglotta by Willmar Schwabe (1880)
"(Amount of drug- power 1/2-) potentiation. 25 Centesimal scale 25 Decimal scale
25 §.3. Essences, prepared with two parts by weight of strong alcohol. ..."
4. Pharmacopoea Homoeopathica Polyglotta by Willmar Schwabe (1880)
"... preceding trituration with 90 parts by weight of sugar of milk is continued
to the 6th trituration inclusive. C. potentiation of the 3rd and 6th decimal ..."
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