potentiation

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potentiation (countable and uncountable, plural potentiations)

  1. (medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously
    Synonyms: synergy, synergism
    • 2007, Martha L. Escobar with Brian Derrick, “Long-Term Potentiation and Depression as Putative Mechanisms for Memory Formation”, in Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni, editor, Neural Plasticity and Memory‎, CRC Press, retrieved 5 December 2009:
      Tim Bliss and Terje Lomo1,2 first reported the phenomenon of long-term potentiation (LTP), an increase in synaptic efficacy following synaptic activity, over 30 years ago. Since then, LTP has generated enormous interest....

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