potentiate
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ʃiˌeɪt verb (used with object), po·ten·ti·at·ed, po·ten·ti·at·ing.
1.
to cause to be potent; make powerful.
2.
to increase the effectiveness of; intensify.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to cause to be potent |
| 2. | med to increase (the individual action or effectiveness) of two drugs by administering them in combination with each other |
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potentiate po·ten·ti·ate (pə-těn'shē-āt')
v. po·ten·ti·at·ed, po·ten·ti·at·ing, po·ten·ti·ates
To make potent or powerful.
To enhance or increase the effect of a drug.
To promote or strengthen a biochemical or physiological action or effect.
po·ten'ti·a'tion n.
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Like benzodiazepines, barbiturates potentiate the effect of gaba at this receptor.
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