Potentiation

Definition: Potentiation

Potentiation

Noun

1. (medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously.

Specialty Definition: Potentiation

Domain	Definition
Environment	The ability of one chemical to increase the effect of another chemical. (references)
Medicine	An overall effect of two drugs taken together which is greater than the sum of the effects of each drug taken alone. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Potentiation

Synonym by domain: potentialization (medicine).

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Crosswords: Potentiation

Specialty definitions using "potentiation": Long-Term Potentiation ♦ thalamo-amygdala pathway. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Potentiation" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

German (potentiation).

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Commercial Usage: Potentiation

Domain	Title
Books	Hyperthermia & Oncology: Biology of Thermal Potentiation of Radiotherapy (reference) Long-Term Potentiation (reference) Neuronal Mechanisms of Memory Formation: Concepts of Long-Term Potentiation and Beyond (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Potentiation

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Conflicting data exist demonstrating both prevention and potentiation effects of topical retinoids in the development of UVR-induced skin tumors in animals. (references)
		Brains were studied both for changes in neuron number and for long-term potentiation (LTP). LTP is a complex form of electrical activity believed to be one of the factors important in the formation of memory in the hippocampus. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Potentiation

"Potentiation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Potentiation" is used about 59 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	59	44,010

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Potentiation

Expression using "potentiation": Long-Term Potentiation. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Potentiation

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
insulin potentiation therapy	15
long term potentiation	5
potentiation	3
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Modern Translation: Potentiation

Language		Translations for "potentiation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		potensering (potentialization). (various references)

Dutch		potentiatie (potentialization), potentiëring (potentialization, potentiating effect), potentiëring. (various references)

Finnish		potentoiva synergismi, potentiaatio. (various references)

French		potentiation/potentialisation, potentiation, potentialisation (potentialization). (various references)

German		Potenzierung (potentialization), Potentiation. (various references)

Greek		συνεργική δράση (potentialization), δυναμικοποίηση φαρμάκου. (various references)

Italian		potenziamento (expansion, potentialization, strengthening). (various references)

Pig Latin		otentiationpay

Portuguese		potenciação (potentialization), potenciação. (various references)

Russian		придание силы. (various references)

Spanish		potenciación. (various references)

Swedish		långtidspotentiering (long-term potentiation). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Potentiation

Derivations
	Words beginning with "potentiation": potentiations. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Potentiation

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-n-n-o-o-p-t-t-t"
	-3 letters: attention, inpatient, panettoni.
	-4 letters: intonate, notation, patootie, petition, potation, titanite.
	-5 letters: antipot, enation, epinaoi, opinion, patient, pinnate, pintano, pontine, tontine.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-n-n-o-o-p-t-t-t"
	+1 letter: potentiations.
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