synergy

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The cooperation of two or more nerves, muscles, organs, etc.

   The digestive synergy.

2. 2
   noun

   Benefits resulting from combining different groups, people, objects or processes.

   Others argued that the notion of a targeted war on a particular disease inevitably distracted from natural synergies with other areas of research.

From Ancient Greek συνεργία (sunergía, “cooperation”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). By surface analysis, syn- + -ergy.

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