Daily Almanac for
May 23, 2012
Search: Infoplease Info search tips
Search: Biographies Bio search tips
| Share
 

Dictionary


ag•o•nist



Pronunciation: (ag'u-nist), [key]
—n.
1. a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., esp. the protagonist in a literary work.
2. a person who is torn by inner conflict.
3. Physiol.a contracting muscle whose action is opposed by another muscle. Cf. antagonist (def. 3).
4. Pharm.a chemical substance capable of activating a receptor to induce a full or partial pharmacological response. Cf. antagonist (def. 5).

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

agonic lineagonistic
    • Cite
    • Print
    • Bookmark
See also:

 

Related Content
A free, reliable Q&A site for homework help. Answerplease.com