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potentiate /pə(ʊ)ˈtɛnʃɪeɪt /verb [with object] technicalIncrease the power, effect, or likelihood of (something, especially a drug or physiological reaction): the glucose will potentiate intestinal absorption of sodium...- One drug does not therefore potentiate the adverse effects of another.
- It appears that both the antiplatelet aggregation activity as well as the analgesic action of aspirin 22 potentiates the effect of pentoxifylline.
- Because it appears to potentiate gamma-aminobutyric acid inhibitory neurotransmitters, it may potentiate anesthesia's sedative effects.
Origin Early 19th century: from potent1, on the pattern of substantiate. Rhymes differentiate |