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synergist

[sin-er-jist, si-nur-]
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noun
  1. Physiology, Medicine/Medical. a body organ, medicine, etc., that cooperates with another or others to produce or enhance an effect.
  2. Chemistry, Pharmacology. any admixture to a substance for increasing the effectiveness of one or more of its properties.
  3. Theology. a person who holds the doctrine of synergism.
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Origin of synergist

1650–60; < New Latin synergista < Greek synerg(ós) (see synergism) + New Latin -ista -ist
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  • The same problem took a new form in the Synergist controversy, which discussed the first impulse in conversion.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 2

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British Dictionary definitions for synergist

synergist

noun
  1. a drug, muscle, etc, that increases the action of another
  2. Christian theol an upholder of synergism
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adjective
  1. of or relating to synergism
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Word Origin and History for synergist

n.

1650s in theology (see synergism); 1867 in medicine, from Greek synergos "working together" (see synergy) + -ist.

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synergist in Medicine

synergist

(sĭn′ər-jĭst)
n.
  1. A synergistic organ, drug, or agent.
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