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antagonistic effect
This is the consequence of one chemical (or group of chemicals) =
counteracting the effects of another chemical, the opposing chemicals =
cancel out each other's effects.=20
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antagonist
<pharmacology> A substance that tends to nullify the action of another, =
as a drug that binds to a cell receptor without eliciting a biological =
response.=20
Origin: Gr. antagonistes =3D an opponent=20
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agonist
1. <anatomy> A prime mover.=20
2. <pharmacology> A drug that has affinity for and stimulates =
physiologic activity at cell receptors normally stimulated by naturally =
occurring substances, thus triggering a biochemical response.=20
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<H1>antagonistic effect</H1>
<P>This is the consequence of one <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?chemical">chemical</A> (or =
group of=20
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chemical, the opposing chemicals cancel out each other's effects.=20
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<H1>antagonist</H1>
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href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/omd/contents/pharmacology.html">pharmaco=
logy</A>>=20
A <A =
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that=20
tends to nullify the action of another, as a drug that binds to a <A=20
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href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?receptor">receptor</A> =
without=20
eliciting a <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?biological">biological</A> =
<A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?response">response</A>.=20
<P>Origin: Gr. antagonistes =3D an opponent=20
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href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?answer">answer</A>, <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?answerable">answerable</A>, =
<A=20
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<A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?ant">ant</A>, <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?antacid">antacid</A>, <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?antagonism">antagonism</A><B=
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istic=20
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</A>, <A=20
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A></P>
<H1>agonist</H1>
<P>1. <<A=20
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t; A=20
prime mover.=20
<P>2. <<A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/omd/contents/pharmacology.html">pharmaco=
logy</A>>=20
A drug that has affinity for and stimulates <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?physiologic">physiologic</A>=
activity=20
at <A href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?cell">cell</A> <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?receptors">receptors</A> =
normally=20
stimulated by naturally occurring <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?substances">substances</A>, =
thus=20
triggering a <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?biochemical">biochemical</A>=
<A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?response">response</A>.=20
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A>, <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?agnosia">agnosia</A>, <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?agnosticism">agnosticism</A>=
, <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?agnus+castus">agnus =
castus</A>, <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?agnus+dei">agnus dei</A>, =
<A=20
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G>Next</STRONG>:=20
<A href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?agony">agony</A>, <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?a-good">a-good</A>, <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?agoraphobia">agoraphobia</A>=
, <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?agouara">agouara</A>, <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?agouta">agouta</A>, <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?agouty">agouty</A>, <A=20
href=3D"http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?agranulocytosis">agranulocyt=
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