synergy
[sin´er-je] 1. correlated action or cooperation by two or more structures or drugs.
2. in neurology, the faculty by which movements are properly grouped for the performance of acts requiring special adjustments. adj., adj synerget´ic, syner´gic, synergis´tic.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
syn·er·gism
(sin'ĕr-jizm), Coordinated or correlated action of two or more structures, agents, or physiologic processes so that the combined action is greater than the sum of each acting separately. Compare:
antagonism.
[G. synergia, fr. syn, together, + ergon, work]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
synergism
(sĭn′ər-jĭz′əm)The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
synergism
Cooperative interaction between 2+ components in a system, such that the combined effect is greater than the sum of each part Anatomy The combined action of muscle groups, resulting in a force greater than that which could be generated by the individual muscles Pharmacology Pharmacologic synergism An approach to recalcitrant bacterial infections or virulent malignancies in which the therapeutic agents each affect different pathways or steps in a metabolic pathway, making the treatment more efficient–eg, penicillin and an aminoglycoside. See Chemical synergism, Combination chemotherapy. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
syn·er·gism
(sin'ĕr-jizm) Coordinated or correlated action of two or more structures, agents, or physiologic processes so that the combined action is greater than the sum of each acting separately.
Compare:
antagonism Synonym(s):
synergy.
[G. synergia, fr. syn, together, + ergon, work]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
synergism
Cooperative action, especially of groups of muscles, so as to achieve an end impossible by individual action.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
synergism
a chemical phenomenon in which the combined activity of two or more compounds is greater than the sum of the individual activities. For example, CYTOKININ and AUXIN act synergistically in promoting DNA replication.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
syn·er·gism
(sin'ĕr-jizm) Coordinated or correlated action of two or more structures, agents, or physiologic processes so that combined action is greater than sum of each acting separately.
Synonym(s):
synergy.
[G. synergia, fr. syn, together, + ergon, work]
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012