Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

potentiation

/pəʊˌten.ʃiːˈeɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: po-ten-ti-a-tion
IPA: /pəʊˌten.ʃiːˈeɪ.ʃən/

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Tim Bliss and Terje Lomo^(1,2) first reported the phenomenon of long-term potentiation (LTP), an increase in synaptic efficacy following synaptic activity, over 30 years ago. Since then, LTP has generated enormous interest...."

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /pəʊˌten.ʃiːˈeɪ.ʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

potentiations (plural) potentation (alternative)

Derived Forms

chemopotentiation depotentiation immunopotentiation repotentiation zoopotentiation

Phrases

long-term potentiation

Frequently Paired Words

potentiate potentiative

Synonyms

synergy synergism

Questions

How do you pronounce potentiation?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəʊˌten.ʃiːˈeɪ.ʃən/.
What does potentiation mean?: the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously

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