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synergist

synergist

1 8.7
A substance that makes another medicine work better when used together
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪnərdʒɪst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sinergista
  • My own study of Aquinas, however, led me to think he (not his later interpreters) was a monergist and not a synergist.

And I'm sort of, how do I put this sort of like a moderate synergist?

Examples

  • "Nobody knows or understands what you do, and you seldom get to see the real results of your work," writes Mike Plagge, an industrial hygiene advisor for American Superconductor in Middleton, Wisconsin, in The Synergist, the publication of the American Industrial Hygiene Association.

    Academic text (2003)

  • At the end of the semester, students knew not only how to identify "fixators and synergists for joint movement," they could also relate personally to the critical issues surrounding the provision of health care in their own communities.

    Academic text (2011)

  • With the "information explosion," there appears to be a new type of specialist on the horizon, as Metzler (1994) states this may be a synergist, a person who has a home discipline who is conversant enough in several areas to recognize connections between them, and who can prepare for and teach that connected content to students.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The degree to which this strategy to recruit synergistic muscles with a single electrode was successful was not always clear from the clinical record, and electrodes that recruited only one of the targeted synergists were always kept and used functionally during stepping with FES.

    Academic text (2001)

  • In the study, caffeine was identified as a synergist that increased the effectiveness of certain pain relievers.

  • The scientist found that using the vitamin as a synergist significantly improved the absorption of the other medication.

  • Doctors often recommend a specific compound as a synergist to enhance the efficacy of cancer treatments.

Synonyms

potentiator
vssynergist
  • Specialized
8.0

A chemical that makes a medicine or drug work better

applies specifically to drugs used together rather than any other substance

Antonyms

antagonist
  • Specialized
4 7.3

A substance that blocks or reduces another substance's effect, for example a medicine

How Effective

potentiator
  • Specialized
8.0
synergist
  • Specialized
1 8.7
adjuvant
  • Specialized
6 9.0
enhancer
7 4.8
additive
  • Specialized
38 3.7

Surface Forms

synergist singular
synergists plural

Morphology

synergist = synergy (transparent) = synergy + ist

Formed from the noun 'synergy' plus the agentive suffix '-ist'; a learner who knows 'synergy' and '-ist' can infer 'one that promotes or produces synergy'.

Etymology

Synergist comes from Greek parts syn- meaning 'together' and erg- meaning 'work', the same root you see in energy. So, a synergist is something that 'works together' with another drug or chemical to make it more effective.