Associations to the word «Agonist»

Wiktionary

AGONIST, noun. Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon).
AGONIST, noun. The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.
AGONIST, noun. (biochemistry) A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.

Dictionary definition

AGONIST, noun. The principal character in a work of fiction.
AGONIST, noun. Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon).
AGONIST, noun. A muscle that contracts while another relaxes; "when bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist".
AGONIST, noun. (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin