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单词 potentiate
释义

potentiate

[ puh-ten-shee-eyt ]
/ pəˈtɛn ʃiˌeɪt /

verb (used with object), po·ten·ti·at·ed, po·ten·ti·at·ing.

to cause to be potent; make powerful.
to increase the effectiveness of; intensify.

Origin of potentiate

1810–20; <Latin potenti(a) power (see potency) + -ate1

OTHER WORDS FROM potentiate

po·ten·ti·a·tion, nounpo·ten·ti·a·tor, noun

Words nearby potentiate

potential energy, potential gradient, potentiality, potentially, potential well, potentiate, potentilla, potentiometer, potentiometric, potentiometric surface, potentiometric titration
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British Dictionary definitions for potentiate

potentiate
/ (pəˈtɛnʃɪˌeɪt) /

verb (tr)

to cause to be potent
med to increase (the individual action or effectiveness) of two drugs by administering them in combination with each other
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for potentiate

potentiate
[ pə-tĕnshē-āt′ ]

v.

To make potent or powerful.
To enhance or increase the effect of a drug.
To promote or strengthen a biochemical or physiological action or effect.

Other words from potentiate

po•ten′ti•ation n.
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