Definitions of agonist [ˈæg ə nɪst]

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Definition of 'agonist'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) agonist
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., esp. the protagonist in a literary work.

2.  agonist
a person who is torn by inner conflict.

3.  agonist
a contracting muscle whose action is opposed by another muscle.

4.  agonist
a chemical substance capable of activating a receptor to induce a full or partial pharmacological response.

Etymology: (1620–30; < LL agōnista < Gk agōnistēs contestant =agṒnagon+-istēs -ist)

Definition of 'agonist'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) protagonist, agonist
the principal character in a work of fiction

2. (noun) agonist
someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)

3. (noun) agonist
a muscle that contracts while another relaxes
"when bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist"

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

Definition of 'agonist'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) agonist
one who contends for the prize in public games

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