potentiate
Make more powerful
To potentiate something is to increase its power or effectiveness, especially in pharmacology where one drug potentiates another by enhancing its effects: Alcohol potentiates the sedative effects of benzodiazepines.
The word appears in medical and scientific contexts, suggesting amplification beyond what either element achieves alone.
Increase in quality
- boostUpward push or increase
- strengthenMake more robust
- magnifyIncrease perceived size
- heightenIncrease in degree
augment · intensify · increase · reinforce · multiply · escalate · deepen · exacerbate
Cause to function
- triggerWhat initiates action
- facilitateMake something easier
- unlockOpen a secured closure
- primeReadying for action
sensitize · predispose · condition · prepare · set up · empower · capacitate · actualize
Combined effect exceeding components
- drug interactionSubstances altering each other's effects
- adjuvantImmunity-boosting additive
- bioavailabilityFraction reaching active circulation
- efficacyAbility to produce results
therapeutic · dosage · combination therapy · receptor · agonist · antagonist · modulator · sensitize
Protein that hastens reactions
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- cofactorEnzyme-activating compound
- catalystAgent enabling change
- activationSetting into operation
pathway · metabolism · kinetics · reaction · facilitate · mediator · cascade · biosynthesis
Nerve signal crossing point
- neurotransmitterSynaptic chemical messenger
- hippocampusMemory formation region
- neural pathwaySignal route between neurons
- glutamateExcitatory neural transmitter
excitatory · learning · neuroplasticity · calcium influx · brain · cognitive
enhance
Increase in quality
- boostUpward push or increase
- strengthenMake more robust
- magnifyIncrease perceived size
heighten · augment · intensify · increase · reinforce · multiply · escalate · deepen · exacerbate · compound
activate
Cause to function
- triggerWhat initiates action
- facilitateMake something easier
- unlockOpen a secured closure
prime · sensitize · predispose · condition · prepare · set up · empower · capacitate · actualize · mobilize
synergy
Combined effect exceeding components
- drug interactionSubstances altering each other's effects
- adjuvantImmunity-boosting additive
- bioavailabilityFraction reaching active circulation
efficacy · therapeutic · dosage · combination therapy · receptor · agonist · antagonist · modulator · sensitize · priming
enzyme
Protein that hastens reactions
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- cofactorEnzyme-activating compound
- catalystAgent enabling change
activation · pathway · metabolism · kinetics · reaction · facilitate · mediator · cascade · biosynthesis · coenzyme
synapse
Nerve signal crossing point
- neurotransmitterSynaptic chemical messenger
- hippocampusMemory formation region
- neural pathwaySignal route between neurons
glutamate · excitatory · learning · neuroplasticity · calcium influx · brain · cognitive
- hidden potentialUnrealized ability within
- creative potentialCapacity for original work
- untapped potentialAbilities not yet utilized
- unrealized potential
- electrical potentialEnergy available per unit charge
- potential energyWork available from position
potential, potentially, potentiality, potentials, potentialities, potentiation, potentiated, potentiates, potentiating