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nounthe principal character in a work of fiction
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"when bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist"nouna muscle that contracts while another relaxestype of:
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noun(biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reactiontype of:
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nounsomeone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)Opposite:type of:
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- friendly inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile
- tragedy drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity
- frankenstein the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses
- gouger an attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye
- tartuffe a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)
- antihero a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)
- naloxone a potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine
- narcan a potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine
- methotrexate toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis
- estrogen antagonist an antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer