synergism
noun
- the simultaneous action of separate agencies which, together, have greater total effect than the sum of their individual effects: said esp. of drugs
- the combined or correlated action of different organs or parts of the body, as of muscles working together
See synergism in American Heritage Dictionary 4
syn·er·gism
noun- Synergy.
- Christianity The doctrine that individual salvation is achieved through a combination of human will and divine grace.
Origin: New Latin synergismus, from Greek sunergos, working together : sun-, syn- + ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots.
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