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Noun Concept
Categories: Pharmacodynamics, Medical terminology, Medicinal chemistry, Receptor agonists, Physiology
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agonist  agonistic  Agonistics  agonists  co-agonist
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(biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction WordNet 3.0
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An agonist is a chemical that activates a receptor to produce a biological response. Wikipedia
The opposite of antagonist Wikipedia Disambiguation
A substance that binds to a receptor to induce a biochemical response Wikipedia Disambiguation
Chemical substance which, upon binding to a receptor, leads to its activation Wikidata
A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction. Wiktionary
Molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell. Wiktionary (translation)
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Acetylcholine is an agonist at the cholinergic receptor. Wiktionary