Antagonist Meaning Medical. Certain structures agents diseases or physiologic processes that tend to neutralize or impede the action or effect of others. A situation in which the combined effect of two or more factors is smaller than the solitary effect of any one of the factors.
One agent that opposes or fights the action of another. Certain structures agents diseases or physiologic processes that tend to neutralize or impede the action or effect of others. An-TA-guh-nist In medicine a substance that stops the action or effect of another substance.
Sometimes they are also referred to as blockers such as alpha-blockers or beta-blockers.
A contractile organ consisting of a special bundle of muscle tissue which moves a particular bone part or substance of the body. For example a drug that blocks the stimulating effect of estrogen on a tumor cell is called an. Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary. Antagonists and agonists are key players in the chemistry of the human body and in pharmacology.
