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Potentiate

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Verb

1. potentiate

increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon)

Example Sentences:
'potentiate the drug'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Potentiate

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to cause to be potent
2. medicine
to increase (the individual action or effectiveness) of two drugs by administering them in combination with each other

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Potentiate

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verb transitiveWord forms: poˈtentiˌated or poˈtentiˌating
to increase or multiply (the effect of a drug or toxin) by the preceding or simultaneous administration of another drug or toxin

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Potentiate

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tr.v. po·ten·ti·at·ed, po·ten·ti·at·ing, po·ten·ti·ates
To make (something, especially a drug or a metabolic or chemical reaction) effective or more effective.

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