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antagonist
English
Etymology
From Latin antagonista, from Ancient Greek ???????????? (antag?nist?s, “opponent”) (???? (antí, “against”) + ????????? (ag?nist?s, “a combatant, pleader, actor”)), from ?????????????? (antag?nízesthai, “antagonize”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æn?tæ??n?st/
Noun
antagonist (plural antagonists)
- An opponent or enemy.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- our antagonists in these controversies
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- One who antagonizes or stirs.
- (biochemistry) A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of agonist chemicals.
- 2001: The calcium antagonists represent one of the top ten classes of prescription drugs in terms of commercial value, with worldwide sales of nearly $10 billion in 1999. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 41)
- (authorship) The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.
- (anatomy) A muscle that acts in opposition to another.
- A flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.
Antonyms
- protagonist
- agonist (biochemistry)
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- stagnation
Danish
Noun
antagonist c (singular definite antagonisten, plural indefinite antagonister)
- (literature) antagonist
Declension
Synonyms
- skurk
Further reading
- “antagonist” in Den Danske Ordbog
Romanian
Etymology
From French antagoniste, from Latin antagonista.
Adjective
antagonist m or n (feminine singular antagonist?, masculine plural antagoni?ti, feminine and neuter plural antagoniste)
- antagonist
Declension
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famotidine
English
Etymology
From (sul)famo(yl) +? -tidine (“cimetidine derivative”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /f??mo?.t??din/
Noun
famotidine (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) An H2 antagonist C8H15N7O2S3 (trademark Pepcid) used to inhibit gastric acid secretion especially in the short-term treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease and in the treatment of disorders (as Zollinger–Ellison syndrome) involving gastric acid hypersecretion.
Synonyms
- pepcid (genericized trademark) (informal)
Hypernyms
- C8H15N7O2S3
- antihistamine
References
- “famotidine”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Anagrams
- mitonafide
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