Adjuvant Definition
ăjə-vənt
noun
A person or thing that helps.
Webster's New World
A substance added to a drug to aid its action, specif. in increasing immune response.
Webster's New World
A treatment that enhances an existing medical regimen, as a pharmacological agent added to a drug to increase or aid its effect.
American Heritage Medicine
An immunological agent that increases the antigenic response.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
adjective
That helps or aids; auxiliary.
Webster's New World
Contributing to or enhancing an existing medical regimen.
Adjuvant chemotherapy.
American Heritage Medicine
Containing an adjuvant.
An adjuvant vaccine.
American Heritage Medicine
Helping; helpful; assisting.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Adjuvant
Noun
Singular:
adjuvant
Plural:
adjuvantsOrigin of Adjuvant
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From Latin adiuvāns, present participle of adiuvāre (“to help”), from ad (“to”) + iuvāre (“to help”). First English use recorded in 17th century.
From Wiktionary
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From Latin adiuvāns adiuvant- present participle of adiuvāre to help aid
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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