What is the meaning of agonist?

noun

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