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agonist
[ ag-uh-nist ]
noun
- a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- a person who is torn by inner conflict.
- Physiology. a contracting muscle whose action is opposed by another muscle. Compare antagonist ( def 3 ).
- Pharmacology. a chemical substance capable of activating a receptor to induce a full or partial pharmacological response. Compare antagonist ( def 5 ).
agonist
/ ˈæɡəɪ /
noun
- any muscle that is opposed in action by another muscle Compare antagonist
- a competitor, as in an agon
agonist
/ ă′ə-ĭ /
- A muscle that actively contracts to produce a desired movement.
- A chemical substance, especially a drug, that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiologic response.
- Compare antagonist
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of agonist1
Example Sentences
Sarah was in her 50s when she was prescribed another dopamine agonist drug made by a different manufacturer.
Coviello says that with such long and intricate biochemical pathways, there’s potential in new medications that incorporate more than one receptor agonist.
As mentioned, some of these alkaloids work on the central nervous system’s opioid receptors, binding to them as partial agonists.
"More work is now needed to implement the results of this study into clinical practice and improve access to GLP-1 receptor agonists to people who will benefit from them," he added.
Given the steady rise in GLP-1 agonist prescribing, there are broad local and global economic and environmental impacts at play, he said.
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