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SYNERGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects
Synonyms:
synergism; synergy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("synergy" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "synergy"):
potentiation ((medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously)
Derivation:
synergetic (working together; used especially of groups, as subsidiaries of a corporation, cooperating for an enhanced effect)
