Значення

значень: 3
  1. Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.

    someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)

  2. The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.

    When bending the elbow, the biceps is the agonist.

    a muscle that contracts while another relaxes

  3. A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.

    Acetylcholine is an agonist at the cholinergic receptor.

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

Походження

Borrowed from Latin agōnista, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “combatant, champio

Borrowed from Latin agōnista, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “combatant, champion”). By surface analysis, agon or agony + -ist.

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Форми

множина: agonists
Однинаagonist
Множинаagonists

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Синоніми

синонімів: 1
Близькі за значенням
  • the principal character in a work of fiction:protagonist

Антоніми

антонімів: 1

Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 12

Дивіться також

сусідні слова
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