noun. A contracting muscle that is resisted or counteracted by another muscle, the antagonist.

noun. A drug or other chemical that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiologic reaction typical of a naturally occurring substance.

noun. One involved in a struggle or competition.

noun. One who contends for the prize in public games; a combatant; a champion; a dramatic actor. Also called agonister.

noun. [capitalized] One of a violent party of Donatists in northern Africa in the fourth century.

noun. One who contends for the prize in public games.

noun. Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon).

noun. The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.

noun. A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.

noun. a muscle that contracts while another relaxes

noun. someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)

noun. the principal character in a work of fiction

noun. (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction

"In Western anatomy, these are called agonist and antagonist muscle groups, but I call them balancing muscle groups."

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