"agonist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: agonists [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “combatant, champion”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ἀγωνιστής||combatant, champion}} Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “combatant, champion”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} agonist (plural agonists)
  1. Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist. Translations (someone involved in a contest or battle): taistelija (Finnish), agonista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese)
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  2. The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes. Translations (a muscle that contracts while another relaxes): vaikuttajalihas (Finnish), agonisti (Finnish), agonista [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-agonist-en-noun-W-tbxpTz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 41 41 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 32 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 40 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 38 34 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 36 25 39 Disambiguation of 'a muscle that contracts while another relaxes': 3 93 4
  3. (biochemistry, pharmacology) A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction. Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Pharmacology Translations (molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell): 激動劑 (Chinese Mandarin), 激动剂 (jīdòngjì) (Chinese Mandarin), agonista [masculine] (Czech), agonisto (Esperanto), agonisti (Finnish), agonista [masculine] (Polish), agonista [masculine] (Portuguese), agonist (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-agonist-en-noun-zLpSS~VX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 41 41 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 32 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 40 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 38 34 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 36 25 39 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, medicine, microbiology, natural-sciences, pharmacology, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell': 3 1 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: agonistical, agonistics, antagonist, co-agonist, coagonist, deuteragonist, inverse agonist, protagonist, superagonist, tritagonist

Inflected forms

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