potentiatorn.
/pəˈtɛnʃɪeɪtə/, U.S. /pəˈtɛn(t)ʃiˌeɪdər/ Pharmacology and Biology.
An agent that increases the action of a drug or other biological effect.
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1946 Science 24 May 645/1 Although serum contains both potentiator and inhibitor substances, the potentiator effect prevails.
1955 Sci. News Let. 9 July 19/3 Animals that had just recovered from a barbiturate almost immediately went back into deep hypnosis when given chlorpromazine. This shows that it is a true potentiator, and not merely a prolonger of the action of the barbiturate.
1975 Acta Endocrinol. 79 511 (heading) Normal recognition of glucose as a potentiator in subjects with low insulin response and in mild diabetes.
2005 Adv. Cancer Res. 93 159 This chapter focuses on the clinical and experimental data implicating proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines as important potentiators of carcinogenesis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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