synergist
Americannoun
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Physiology, Medicine/Medical. a body organ, medicine, etc., that cooperates with another or others to produce or enhance an effect.
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Chemistry, Pharmacology. any admixture to a substance for increasing the effectiveness of one or more of its properties.
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Theology. a person who holds the doctrine of synergism.
noun
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a drug, muscle, etc, that increases the action of another
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Christian theol an upholder of synergism
adjective
Etymology
Origin of synergist
1650–60; < New Latin synergista < Greek synerg ( ós ) ( see synergism) + New Latin -ista -ist
Example Sentences
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Evans had a friendly synergist at The New Yorker, where Brown serialized works by Monica Crowley, Edward Jay Epstein and other Random House authors.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2020
It acts as a synergist of the gluteus medius and iliopsoas in flexing and abducting the thigh.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
A synergist that makes the insertion site more stable is called a fixator.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Explain how a synergist assists an agonist by being a fixator.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
M. adductor mandibulae, this muscle performs only the one function of adducting the lower mandible, and like M. pseudotemporalis profundus it is a synergist of that muscle.
From Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves by Merz, Robert L.
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