On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Agonist. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as protagonist or character and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Agonist meaning
- Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
- The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.
- A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
Synonyms of Agonist
Using Agonist
- The main meaning on this page is: Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist. | The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes. | A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
- Useful related words include: protagonist, fictional character, fictitious character, character.
- In the example corpus, agonist often appears in combinations such as: receptor agonist, the agonist, glp- agonist.
Context around Agonist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Agonist
- In this selection, "agonist" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, receptor, full, selective, antagonist, aims and antibody stand out and add context to how "agonist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1 receptor agonist and works and a full agonist can really. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "agonist" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with agonist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Morphine-derived agonist–antagonist drugs have also been developed. (9 words)
A competitive antagonist competes with an agonist for binding to the receptor. (12 words)
That's where a full agonist can really have a benefit over a PAM. (14 words)
While Eli Lilly is a leader in obesity medications with its injectable GLP-1 and GIP receptor agonist, Zepbound, the pharmaceutical giant is also in late-stage clinical testing with an oral GLP-1 drug called orforglipron. (37 words)
With important data to be showcased at the forthcoming World Sleep Congress, this orally available OX2R selective agonist aims to address the root cause of NT1 by focusing on orexin neurotransmission. (31 words)
Raloxifene exhibits oestrogen agonist activity on bone and lipids, and antagonist activity on breast and the endometrium. citation Tamoxifen is in widespread use for treatment of hormone sensitive breast cancer. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
That's where a full agonist can really have a benefit over a PAM.
Tranq is the street name for Xylazine, an alpha-2 agonist which produces sedation and respiratory depression in ways similar to certain anesthetic and sedative agents.
With important data to be showcased at the forthcoming World Sleep Congress, this orally available OX2R selective agonist aims to address the root cause of NT1 by focusing on orexin neurotransmission.
It’s called a “GLP-1 receptor agonist” and works in a similar way to Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic (also known as Wegovy).
Known also as tirzepatide and manufactured by Eli Lilly, Mounjaro is a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist, a group of drugs that assist in blood sugar management.
Research looking at another GLP-1 agonist called liraglutide found that it slowed digestion to a crawl.
Restoret is a tri-specific agonist antibody intended to activate the Wnt pathway to restore and maintain the blood-retinal barrier.
While Eli Lilly is a leader in obesity medications with its injectable GLP-1 and GIP receptor agonist, Zepbound, the pharmaceutical giant is also in late-stage clinical testing with an oral GLP-1 drug called orforglipron.
Global 5-Hydroxytryptamine receptor agonist market also provides you with detailed market analysis for patient analysis, prognosis and cures.
Surgeons inserted two agonist-antagonist myoneural interface devices in the patient's residual limb, linking one to the robotic ankle joint and the other robotic subtalar joint.
A competitive antagonist competes with an agonist for binding to the receptor.
Adrenergic receptors, again, play a key role in this symptom, as altered norepinephrine (an adrenoceptor agonist) neurotransmission contribute to the etiology of depression.
An irreversible antagonist binds so strongly to the receptor as to render the receptor unavailable for binding to the agonist.
As the concentration of antagonist increases, the binding of the agonist is progressively inhibited, resulting in a decrease in the physiological response.
Competitive antagonists, therefore, can be characterized as shifting the dose-response relationship for the agonist to the right.
In the presence of a competitive antagonist, it takes an increased concentration of the agonist to produce the same response observed in the absence of the antagonist.
Morphine-derived agonist–antagonist drugs have also been developed.
Other opioids differ in the intensity and length of each, and weak opioids and mixed agonist-antagonists may have acute withdrawal syndromes that do not reach the highest level.
Ovarian hyperstimulation also includes suppression of spontaneous ovulation, for which two main methods are available: Using a (usually longer) GnRH agonist protocol or a (usually shorter) GnRH antagonist protocol.
Raloxifene exhibits oestrogen agonist activity on bone and lipids, and antagonist activity on breast and the endometrium. citation Tamoxifen is in widespread use for treatment of hormone sensitive breast cancer.
Common combinations with agonist
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- receptor agonist 6×
- the agonist 4×
- glp- agonist 2×
- agonist market 2×
- an agonist 2×
- agonist for 2×
- agonist is 2×
- agonist to 2×