Taber's Medical Dictionary
agonist
(ag′ŏ-nist )
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1. The muscle that directly produces a specific action. When bending the elbow, the distal biceps brachii tendon is the agonist and the triceps muscle the antagonist.
SYN: SEE: agonist muscle
2. In pharmacology, a drug that binds to the receptor and stimulates its function.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Agonist." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730340/all/melatonin_receptoragonist.
Agonist. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730340/all/melatonin_receptoragonist. Accessed April 3, 2026.
Agonist. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730340/all/melatonin_receptoragonist
Agonist [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 03]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730340/all/melatonin_receptoragonist.
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