Drug combinations--concepts and terminology.
Unkelbach Hd, T Wolf · PubMed · 1984
The terms "synergism" and "antagonism" are used inconsistently in pharmacology and toxicology designating different circumstances. This is a source of recurring scientific conflict. The present paper elucidates the existing discrepancies, and offers a consistent terminology incorporating also such terms as "additivity", "potentiation", and "simple similarity".