AGONIST

7 letters 8 Scrabble points

Definition of AGONIST

noun
  1. 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."

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters A G O N I S T
Length 7 letters
Scrabble Score 8 points

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