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co-agonist

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
co-ag-o-nist
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A drug or other chemical that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiologic reaction typical of a naturally occurring substance. Co-agonist implies it is one of other agonists working in conjunction.

Etymology

From co- + agonist.

Inflected Forms

co-agonists (plural)

Questions

What does co-agonist mean?
A drug or other chemical that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiologic reaction typical of a naturally occurring substance. Co-agonist implies it is one of other agonists working in conjunction.
Where does co-agonist come from?
From co- + agonist.

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