agonist
nouns
someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)
a muscle that contracts while another relaxes
"when bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist"
is a type of (narrower)
(physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another
"the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles"
(biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction
domain category
the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry
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