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Answer for the clue "(medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously ", 12 letters:
potentiation

Word definitions for potentiation in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The action of a substance, at a dose that does not itself have an adverse action, in enhance the effect of another substance

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. (medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously

Usage examples of potentiation.

Bliss, T V P, and L0mo, T Long-lasting potentiation of synaptic transmission in the dentate area of the anaesthetised rabbit following stimulation of the perforant path.

Bradley, P M, Burns, B D, and Webb, A C Potentiation of synaptic responses in slices from the chick forebrain.

But if one were to electrically stimulate the perforant pathway to the hippocampus, and get a great deal of adenosine triphosphate past the blood-brain barrier, for instance, thus stimulating the long-term potentiation that aided learning in the first place.

But if one were to electrically stimulate the perforant pathway to the hippocampus, and get a great deal of adenosine tri-phosphate past the blood-brain barrier, for instance, thus stimulating the long-term potentiation that aided learning in the first place.

Voronin, L L Long-term potentiation at neocortical level, in Matthies, H-J (ed.