agonism
noun
ag·o·nism
ˈa-gə-ˌni-zəm
: the combining of a chemical substance (such as a drug) with a specific receptor on a cell thereby initiating the same reaction or activity typically produced by the binding of an endogenous substance : the action of an agonist
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