ANTAGONIST
\antˈaɡənˌɪst], \antˈaɡənˌɪst], \a_n_t_ˈa_ɡ_ə_n_ˌɪ_s_t]\
Definitions of ANTAGONIST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a muscle that relaxes while another contracts; "when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist"
By Princeton University
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One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.
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A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.
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A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.
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Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy.
By Oddity Software
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One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.
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A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.
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A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.
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Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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A muscle whose action produces an effect contrary to that of another muscle. Every muscle has its antagonist, because there is no motion in one direction without a capability of it in another.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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