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to cause to be (more) potent, especially to increase the potency of a drug or other agent.
—potentiation n.

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Enhancement of one agent by another so that the combined effect is greater than the sum of the effects of each one alone.

(pō-ten′shē-ā′shən)
n

1. an increase in the action of a drug by the addition of another drug that does not necessarily possess similar properties. n 2. the enhancement of action (for example, of a drug).

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• Paraphernalia and Behavior - potentiate: (vb) cause drug to act more powerfully by action or use of another drug

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See words rhyming with "potentiate."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - potensere, forstærke

Nederlands (Dutch)
krachtig/effectief maken

Français (French)
v. tr. - augmenter/ multiplier l'effet

Deutsch (German)
v. - ermöglichen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (εν)δυναμώνω

Italiano (Italian)
potenziare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - potencializar

Русский (Russian)
усиливать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - potenciar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - potentiera, möjliggöra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使成为可能

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使成為可能

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 힘을 주다, 가능하게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 力を増す, 強化する, 強める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقوي : يجعله ذا قوة وفعاليه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חיזק (תרופה, משקה), איפשר, הסמיך‬

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