1.
[syn: synergy, synergism]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Synergy \Syn"er*gy\, n. [Gr. ?. See Synergetic.]
2. Combined action; especially (Med.), the combined healthy
action of every organ of a particular system; as, the
digestive synergy.
[1913 Webster]
2. An effect of the interaction of the actions of two agents
such that the result of the combined action is greater
than expected as a simple additive combination of the two
agents acting separately; -- also called synergism..
Opposite to antagonism.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
synergy
n 1: the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for
example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their
individual effects [syn: synergy, synergism]