potentiate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *potentiate*:
VERB	change	potentiate	increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon)

English > *potentiate*: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning	increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon).
Pattern	Something ----s something
Example	"potentiate the drug"
Category	drug	A substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
Broader	enhance, heighten, raise	increase / increase
Nouns	potentiation	(medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously

HyperDic: potentiate