agonist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agōnista, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “combatant, champion”). By surface analysis, agon or agony +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæɡəˌnɪst/

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    • (Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada, æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ̯ɡəˌnɪst/
• Hyphenation: ag‧o‧nist

Noun

agonist (plural agonists)

1. Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
2. The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.

   When bending the elbow, the biceps is the agonist.

4. (biochemistry, pharmacology) A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.

   Coordinate terms: antagonist, blocker

   Acetylcholine is an agonist at the cholinergic receptor.

Derived terms

• agonistical
• agonistics
• antagonist
• co-agonist
• coagonist
• deuteragonist
• inverse agonist
• protagonist
• superagonist
• tritagonist

Descendants

• → Polish: agonista

Translations

someone involved in a contest or battle

• Finnish: taistelija (fi)
• Polish: agonista (pl) m, agonistka f
• Portuguese: agonista (pt) m or f

a muscle that contracts while another relaxes

• Finnish: vaikuttajalihas, agonisti (fi)
• Indonesian: agonis (id)
• Portuguese: agonista (pt) m

molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 激動劑 / 激动剂 (zh) (jīdòngjì), 拮抗劑 / 拮抗剂 (jiékàngjì)

• Czech: agonista (cs) m
• Esperanto: agonisto
• Finnish: agonisti (fi)
• Indonesian: agonis (id)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 작용제(作用劑) (jagyongje)
• Polish: agonista (pl) m
• Portuguese: agonista (pt) m
• Swedish: agonist (sv)

Further reading

• agonist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French agoniste.

Noun

agonist m (plural agoniști)

1. agonist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	agonist	agonistul	agoniști	agoniștii
genitive-dative	agonist	agonistului	agoniști	agoniștilor
vocative	agonistule		agoniștilor