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How to pronounce antagonists
IPA transcription: [æn'tæɡənəsts]
Pronunciation variants: [æn'tæɡənəsts][æn'tæɡənəs]
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Noun
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someone who offers opposition
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a muscle that relaxes while another contracts
“when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist”
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a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug
Usage examples
- The members of the Psyma family are the main antagonists of the series.
- He is one of the main antagonists of the book.
- Cimetidine was the first of a new class of drugs, the H-receptor antagonists.
- Conversely full antagonists such as aglepristone strongly shift the equilibrium in the antagonist direction.
- Despite the controversy, dopamine antagonists remain a standard and successful treatment for schizophrenia.
- In they are the primary antagonists.
- This also explains why serotonin antagonists are often a very effective treatment.
- Grendel is one of three antagonists in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf.
- They are typically depicted as antagonists to the X-Men.
- Agonists and antagonists "compete" for the same binding site on the receptor.