potentiation

potentiation
Interaction between two or more drugs or agents resulting in a pharmacologic response greater than the sum of individual responses to each drug or agent.

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po·ten·ti·a·tion (po-ten″she-aґshən) 1. the increasing of potency; particularly, the synergistic action of two drugs, so that their effect together is greater than the sum of the effects that each one has alone. 2. posttetanic p.

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