potentiate

[puh-ten-shee-eyt]

verb (used with object)

potentiated, potentiating 

1. to cause to be potent; make powerful.

2. to increase the effectiveness of; intensify.

potentiate

/ pəˈtɛnʃɪˌeɪt /

verb

1. to cause to be potent

2. med to increase (the individual action or effectiveness) of two drugs by administering them in combination with each other

Other Word Forms

• potentiation noun
• potentiator noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of potentiate¹

1810–20; < Latin potenti ( a ) power ( potency ) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

"By building the right immune infrastructure inside tumors, we can potentiate the patient's own defenses -- both T cell and B cell arms -- against cancer growth, relapse, and metastasis."

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"Ideally, we aim for venetoclax to potentiate the anti-leukemia properties of asparaginase while keeping its toxicity levels in check. These concepts warrant further investigation in future clinical trials."

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In experiments on both cell cultures and mice, it was possible to see how SMAD3 inhibition, together with the signals from the nerve cells, potentiates the tumour's ability to grow and spread.

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But this is the part of Season 4 that potentiates fresh possibilities for the series, in that it once again lines up with the partisan impasse imperiling America right now.

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He was not potentiated by a recession or a terrorist atrocity, let alone a nuclear war or a fertility crisis.

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