Aetna Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Bertolini said Wednesday the Affordable Care Act is fatally flawed and that he believes more insurers will follow Humana Inc. and quit public health exchanges entirely. It is in a death spiral, he said of Obamacare in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
syn-. 1. a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, having the same function as co- (synthesis; synoptic); used, with the meaning âwith,â âtogether,â in the formation of compound words (synsepalous) or âsyntheticâ in such compounds (syngas). Also, sy-, syl-, sym-, sys-. Origin of syn-.
Medical Definition of SYNERGIST. 1. : an agent that increases the effectiveness of another agent when combined with it; especially: a drug that acts in synergism with another. 2. : an organ (as a muscle) that acts in concert with another to enhance its effectâcompare agonist 1, antagonist a. something (as a chemical or a muscle) that enhances the effectiveness of an active agent; broadly: either member of a synergistic pair. ADVERTISEMENT.