antagonism

Noun

antagonism

1. a strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy

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• Definitions:
• hostility: a state of deep-seated ill-will the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism" an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
• In chemistry, antagonism is a phenomenon where two or more agents in combination have an overall effect which is less than the sum of their individual effects. The word is most commonly used in this fashion in biochemistry and toxicology. ...
• In phytopathology, antagonism refers to the suppression or interference with the normal growth of a plant pathogen by another microorganism, such as bacteria or fungi.
• The situation in which the combined effect of two or more factors is smaller than the solitary effect of any one of the factors (Last 1995).
• Opposing action between agents (eg, drugs), or when the combined effect is less than the effect of one of the agents alone.
• An ecological association between organisms in which one or more of the participants is harmed or has its activities limited. (15)
• The combined action of two or more substances to produce an effect less than the sum of their individual effects; the opposite of synergism.
• Decreased activity or growth arising from the effect of one chemical or organism on another (opposite of synergism). The total response is less than the sum of the independent effects of either applied separately.
• The situation in which two chemicals interfere with each other’s actions, or one chemical interferes with the action of the other.
• Antagonism refers to inhibition or blockade of an agonist induced response. There are several forms of antagonism including: chemical, physiologic and pharmacologic. In addition antagonism can be described as competitve, noncompetitive, reversible, irreversible, surmountable or insurmountable.

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