potentiate verb trans. [pǝ(ʊ)'tɛnʃɪeɪt] E19.[from POTENCE noun1 or POTENCY + -ATE3, after substance, substantiate. Cf. German potenzieren.]1. Endow with power.
E19.2. Make possible.
M19.3. Chiefly
Physiology. Increase the effect of (a drug or its action); act synergistically with; promote or enhance the physiological or biochemical effect of.
E20.■ Douglas Clark Though the phenobarbitone had caused death, it had been potentiated by the alcohol. ■ potenti'ation noun (a) the action of endowing someone or something with power;
(b) synergistic activity between two drugs or other agents:
E19. ■ potentiator noun (
Pharmacology) an agent that increases the effect of a drug
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