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potentiations

potentiations is the plural of potentiation.

Meaning of potentiation

Noun

potentiation (countable and uncountable, plural potentiations)

  1. the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously
    • Tim Bliss and Terje Lomo^(1,2) first reported the phenomenon of long-term potentiation (LTP), an increase in synaptic efficacy following synaptic activity, over 30 years ago. Since then, LTP has generated enormous interest....2007, Martha L. Escobar with Brian Derrick, “Long-Term Potentiation and Depression as Putative Mechanisms for Memory Formation”, in Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni, editor, Neural Plasticity and Memory...
    Synonyms:
    synergy, synergism

Questions about potentiations

What is potentiations the plural of?
Potentiations is the plural of potentiation.

Words near potentiations in the dictionary

  1. potentiate
  2. potentiated
  3. potentiates
  4. potentiating
  5. potentiation
  6. potentiations
  7. potentiative
  8. potentiator
  9. potentiators
  10. potentilla
  11. potentillas

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