to potentiate
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- verb
- /pəˈtɛnʃiˌeɪt/
- Specialized
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potenciar
- Aspirin was ordered for the fever, and the nurse, recognizing that aspirin could potentiate the anticoagulant effect of warfarin, called the physician, who substituted acetaminophen for the aspirin.
- potentiate the effect
I don't think there's tremendous evidence that that's going to potentiate training responses.
- I don't think there's tremendous evidence that that's going to potentiate training responses.
- So we're setting up each technology to potentiate the next.
- Now since then there's been a lot of research to show how stress and trauma potentiate multiple sclerosis.
- And we, I think, need a big spoonful of humility in our culture because the spiritual path is guided and potentiated by spirit.
- It's also thought that it acts at at the level of the the brain stem and what it will potentiate is the reduction of appetite.
Examples
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Certain lifestyle changes may potentiate the effectiveness of a prescribed treatment plan.
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Childhood maltreatment has been shown to potentiate risk for the onset and development of substance use disorders among adolescents and young adults.
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It's also thought that it acts at at the level of the the brain stem and what it will potentiate is the reduction of appetite.
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The interaction of chloroquine with some drugs has been shown to either potentiate or attenuate the effects of such drugs.
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Now since then there's been a lot of research to show how stress and trauma potentiate multiple sclerosis.
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Opioid peptides may also have a peripheral action potentiating itch due to other agents.
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A principal aim of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that sulpiride would potentiate amphetamine-induced stereotyped locomotion.
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In these experimental conditions, curcumin was able to antagonize the hormone-resistant phenotype in endocrine-resistant cells and potentiate the anti-proliferative effects of tamoxifen in parental cells.
Academic text (2017) -
The decline in anabolic hormones such as testosterone, growth hormone, and IGF-1 leads to decreased protein synthesis, which is further potentiated by increased insulin resistance.
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Studies show that certain chemicals can potentiate the effects of pain relief medications.
Synonyms
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Make something stronger or more intense
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To make a feeling, effect or situation stronger
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To make something larger, stronger, or more important
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To make something much more powerful or effective
Antonyms
How Effective
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Potentiate comes from the Latin root potent- and potentia, which mean 'power' and also appear in the words potent and potential. So to potentiate something is to give it more power or make its effect stronger, as when one drug makes another work more effectively.