Potentiation
/pəʊˌten.ʃiːˈeɪ.ʃən/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 (medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously wordnet
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More examples"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...."