antagonist

10 letters in word "antagonist": A A G I N N O S T T.

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• Definitions:
• adversary: someone who offers opposition a muscle that relaxes while another contracts; "when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist" a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug
• An antagonist is a character or group of characters, or, sometimes an institution of a happening who represents the opposition against which the hero(es) or protagonist(s) must contend. ...
• An antagonist is a kind of muscle that acts in opposition to the movement generated by the agonist and is responsible for returning a limb to its initial position.
• A molecule that blocks the ability of a given chemical to bind to its receptor, preventing a biological response.
• A muscle responsible for opposing the concentric muscle action of the agonist.
• character/force in fiction or drama in conflict with the protagonist; a person or force which opposes the protagonist in a literary work. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Bob Ewell is the antagonist. In Stephen Vincent Benet's The Devil and Daniel Webster, Mr. ...
• A molecule that prevents the activation of a receptor. See Agonist.
• In medicine, a substance that stops the action or effect of another substance. For example, a drug that blocks the stimulating effect of estrogen on a tumor cell is called an estrogen receptor antagonist.
• Villain of the film or script who is in conflict with the protagonist.
• An agent or substance that counteracts the action of another. (1)
• A compound that blocks the action of a neurotransmitter; Medication, hormone, or neurotransmitter that binds to a receptor and prevents a response.
• the character that opposes your lead character, often referred to as the villain.
• A character who opposes the protagonist.
• is an agent that prevents or reduces the secretion from a gland.
• a character (or sometimes a thing) in conflict with the main character or protagonist.
• Chief opponent of the protagonist in a Greek play.
• a character in a story or play who opposes the chief character, or protagonist.
• the person or think working against the protagonist, or hero, of the work.
• A major character in a screenplay whose values or behavior conflict with those of the protagonist. Sometimes, the antagonist does not have to be personified, but can be the elements, society, etc.
• a drug that has an opposite reaction or competes for the same thing
• A compound that has inhibiting/blocking effect
• a substance, which blocks and makes it difficult for the effects of other natural, narcotic or medicine substances to take place
• the character who stands most directly opposed to the protagonist: his or her rival or enemy.
• A substance which interferes with the functions of the brain's natural neurotransmitters
• A drug that blocks or counteracts a stimulous of a cell or neutralizes another drug
• artificial substance which suppresses production of LH (see also agonist)
• A substance that tends to nullify the effect of another (eg, a drug that binds to a receptor without eliciting a response).
• a substance that interferes with the physiological action of another substance

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