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
- 1920 - A practical medical 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
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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
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That which opposes or resists the action of another; noting certain muscles, drugs, etc., which tend to neutralize or impede the action or effect of other muscles, etc.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Counteracting; opposing.
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One who contends or strives with another; an opponent. A muscle which acts in opposition to another.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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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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