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antagonistic
1. Of the nature of an antagonist; mutually opposed; actively opposed.
2. In physiology, said of the muscles which counteract each other's action.
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antagonistic symbiosis, antipathetic symbiosis
A type of symbiosis that is beneficial to one symbiont and detrimental to another one; for example, "parasitism".
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antagonistic muscles
A pair of muscles allowing coordinated movements of the skeletal joints.

The individual components of antagonistic pairs can be classified into extensors (muscles that straighten a limb) and flexors (muscles that bend a limb).

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