agonists
Meaning of agonists
noun
- Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
- The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.
When bending the elbow, the biceps is the agonist.
- A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
Acetylcholine is an agonist at the cholinergic receptor.
Information about agonists
- It is a name.
- The singular form of agonists is: agonist.
- Languages in which agonists is used:
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Hyphenation of agonists
ag-o-nists
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- agonists is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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