antagonist
61antagonist — an·tag·o·nist …
62antagonist — n. 1) a muscle whose action (contraction) opposes that of another muscle (called the agonist or prime mover). Antagonists relax to allow the agonists to effect movement. 2) a drug or other substance with opposite action to that of another drug or …
63antagonist — an•tag•o•nist [[t]ænˈtæg ə nɪst[/t]] n. 1) a person who is opposed to or competes with another; opponent; adversary 2) lit. (in drama or literature) the opponent of the hero or protagonist 3) phl a muscle that acts in opposition to another… …
64antagonist — /ænˈtægənəst / (say an taguhnuhst) noun 1. someone who is opposed to or strives with another in any kind of contest; opponent; adversary. 2. Physiology a muscle which acts in opposition to another (the agonist). 3. Pharmacology a chemical that… …
65antagonist — an|ta|go|nist sb., en, er, erne (modstander; noget som virker modsat noget andet) …
66Antagonist — An|t|a|go|nịst, der; en, en (Gegner) …
67antagonist — Hoa paio …
68antagonist — A compound that inhibits the effect of an agonist in such a way that the combined biological effect of the two becomes smaller than the sum of their individual effects …
69antagonist — the main character, person, group, society, nature, force, spirit world, bad guy, or villain of a film or script who is in adversarial conflict with the film s hero, lead character or protagonist; also sometimes termed the heavy. Example:… …
70antagonist — [16] Greek agón (source of English agony) meant ‘contest, conflict’. Hence the concept of ‘struggling against (anti ) someone’ was conveyed in Greek by the verb antagōnízesthai. The derived noun antagōnistés entered English via French or late… …
