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synergist

[ sin-er-jist, si-nur- ]

noun

  1. Physiology, Medicine/Medical. a body organ, medicine, etc., that cooperates with another or others to produce or enhance an effect.
  2. Chemistry, Pharmacology. any admixture to a substance for increasing the effectiveness of one or more of its properties.
  3. Theology. a person who holds the doctrine of synergism.


synergist

/ ˈsɪnədʒɪst; sɪˈnɜː- /

noun

  1. a drug, muscle, etc, that increases the action of another
  2. Christian theol an upholder of synergism


adjective

  1. of or relating to synergism

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Word History and Origins

Origin of synergist1

1650–60; < New Latin synergista < Greek synerg ( ós ) ( synergism ) + New Latin -ista -ist

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Example Sentences

The same problem took a new form in the Synergist controversy, which discussed the first impulse in conversion.

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