antagonistic muscle

English Thesaurus

1. (physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another (noun.body)

hypernym	:	muscle, musculus,
definition	:	one of the contractile organs of the body (noun.body)

hyponym	:	agonist,
definition	:	a muscle that contracts while another relaxes (noun.body)

hyponym	:	antagonist,
definition	:	a muscle that relaxes while another contracts (noun.body)

domain category	:	physiology,
definition	:	the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms (noun.cognition)