agonist
Syllables: ag·o·nist/ˈæɡəˌnɪst/
agonist noun: someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
Noun
agonist (plural agonists)
- 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.
agonist meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Indonesian
agonist in Tamil
- போட்டியாளர், போராட்டம், மோதல் முதலியவற்றில் ஈடுபட்டிருப்பவர், மனப்போராட்டத்தில் தவிப்பவர், இயக்கம், கொள்கை முதலியவற்றின் முன்னோடி
agonist in Urdu
- مُقابلَہ آزمائی کَرنے والا, مُقابلَہ جُو, ہم رکاب
agonist in Kannada
- ಹೋರಾಟಗಾರ, ಮೇಲಾಟಿಗ
agonist in Indonesian
- a muscle that contracts while another relaxes
- agonis
- molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell
- agonis
Examples of agonist in a sentence
- Thus, it is urgently needed to establish a high-throughput screening approach for multiresidue determination of β-agonists.
- We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of avatrombopag (AVA), a thrombopoietin receptor agonist, in patients with AA secondary to chemoradiotherapy.
- It is thought that amitraz is a potential agonist of the octopaminergic system located in the tick synganglion.
Forms of agonist
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Origin of agonist
Borrowed from Latin agōnista, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “combatant, champion”). By surface analysis, agon or agony + -ist.
Words formed from agonist
Questions about agonist
- What does agonist mean?
- Agonist means someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
- What is agonist in Tamil?
- Agonist in Tamil is போட்டியாளர், போராட்டம், மோதல் முதலியவற்றில் ஈடுபட்டிருப்பவர். See Agonist meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is agonist?
- Agonist is a noun.
- How do you pronounce agonist?
- Agonist is pronounced /ˈæɡəˌnɪst/.
- What is the plural of agonist?
- The plural of agonist is agonists.
Words near agonist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: agonist (page history and authors); agonist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); agonist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); agonist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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