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po·ten·ti·ate (p

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tr.v. po·ten·ti·at·ed, po·ten·ti·at·ing, po·ten·ti·ates

1. To make potent or powerful.

2. To enhance or increase the effect of (a drug).

3. To promote or strengthen (a biochemical or physiological action or effect).

[From Latin potentia, power; see potential.]

po·tenti·ation n.

potentiate [pəˈtɛnʃɪˌeɪt]

vb (tr)

1. to cause to be potent

2. (Medicine) Med to increase (the individual action or effectiveness) of two drugs by administering them in combination with each other

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Verb

potentiate - increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon); "potentiate the drug"

drug - a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic

enhance, heighten, raise - increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"

Translations

potentiate [pəˈtenʃɪˌeɪt] VT (frm) → potenciar

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