Potentiation

//pəʊˌten.ʃiːˈeɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously countable, uncountable

    "Tim Bliss and Terje Lomo^(1,2) first reported the phenomenon of long-term potentiation (LTP), an increase in synaptic efficacy following synaptic activity, over 30 years ago. Since then, LTP has generated enormous interest...."

  2. 2
    (medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously wordnet

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synergismsynergy

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"Tim Bliss and Terje Lomo^(1,2) first reported the phenomenon of long-term potentiation (LTP), an increase in synaptic efficacy following synaptic activity, over 30 years ago. Since then, LTP has generated enormous interest...."

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