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21Antagonistic pleiotropy hypothesis — The antagonistic pleiotropy hypothesis was first proposed by George C. Williams in 1957 as an explanation for senescence. [Williams, G.C. 1957. Pleiotropy, natural selection, and the evolution of senescence. Evolution 11:398–411.] Pleiotropy is… …
22antagonistic symbiosis — Symbiosis Sym bi*o sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. symbi wsis a living together, symbioy^n to live together; sy n with + ? to live.] (Biol.) The living together in more or less imitative association or even close union of two dissimilar organisms. In a… …
23antagonistic muscle — noun (physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles • Topics: ↑physiology • Hypernyms: ↑muscle, ↑musculus • Hyponyms: ↑ …
24antagonistic — adjective Date: 1632 marked by or resulting from antagonism • antagonistically adverb …
25antagonistic — antagonistically, adv. /an tag euh nis tik/, adj. 1. acting in opposition; opposing, esp. mutually. 2. hostile; unfriendly. [1625 35; ANTAGONIST + IC] * * * …
26antagonistic — Synonyms and related words: acrid, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, aggressive, alien, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, antonymous, at cross purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war, averse, balancing, battling, bellicose …
27antagonistic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. opposing, hostile, inimical; see unfriendly 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Acting against or in opposition: adversarial, adverse, antipathetic, opposed, opposing, oppositional. See SUPPORT …
28antagonistic — an·tag·o·nis·tic || æn‚tægÉ™ nɪstɪk adj. hostile, unfriendly …
29antagonistic — a. Antagonist, opposing, adverse, opposite, hostile, inimical, contrary, contradictory, repugnant, conflicting, incompatible, inconsistent, incongruous, discordant, dissonant …
30antagonistic — adj 1. opposing, opposed, adverse, antithetic, antithetical, oppugnant, counteractive, repugnant, thwarting; disputative, disputatious, contentious, argumentative, quarrelsome; rival, rivaling, competing, contrary, contradictory, renitent;… …
