agonist

noun

/ˈæɡəˌnɪst/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agōnista, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “combatant, champion”). By surface analysis, agon or agony + -ist.

derived from ἀγωνιστής
borrowed from agōnista

Definitions

Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
2
The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.
- When bending the elbow, the biceps is the agonist.
3
A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
- Acetylcholine is an agonist at the cholinergic receptor.

The neighborhood

Derived

agonistical, agonistics, antagonist, co-agonist, coagonist, deuteragonist, inverse agonist, protagonist, superagonist, tritagonist

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at agonist. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at agonist. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at agonist

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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