::Synergistic::
Main Entry: syn·er·gis·tic
Pronunciation: "si-n&r-'jis-tik
Function: adjective
Date: circa 1847
1 : having the capacity to act in synergism <synergistic drugs>
2 : of, relating to, or resembling synergism <a synergistic reaction>
- syn·er·gis·ti·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
::Synergsm::
Main Entry: syn·er·gism
Pronunciation: 'si-n&r-"ji-z&m
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin synergismus, from Greek synergos
Date: 1910
: interaction of discrete agencies (as industrial firms), agents (as drugs), or conditions such that the total effect is greater than the sum of the individual effects