Agonist

Agonist (from ancient Greek agonistēs "the active, doer , leader") stands for:

• Agonist (anatomy) , muscle or part of the nervous system that is increasingly inhibited by its opponent with increasing activity
• Agonist (pharmacology) , active ingredient that mimics or replaces a certain transmitter effect
• The Agonist , Canadian metalcore band (from 2007)

Agonistics stands for:

• Agonistics (philosophy) , term coined by Jean-François Lyotard in the context of postmodernism
• musical competition, see agon (music)
• biological aggressive or fighting behavior, see agonistic behavior

See also:

• inverse agonist (pharmacological substances)
• Agonists (soldiers of Christ: subgroup of the Donatists)
• Agony (prolonged agony )
• Agon (disambiguation)
• Antagonist (disambiguation: "opponent")

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.