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adjuvant definition

ad·ju·vant (aj′ə vənt)

adjective

that helps or aids; auxiliary

Etymology: L adjuvans, prp. of adjuvare: see aid

noun

  1. a person or thing that helps
  2. a substance added to a drug to aid its action, specif. in increasing immune response

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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adjuvant Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • contain: The infected fleas then fed on 15 mice that had been inoculated with the experimental vaccine containing an adjuvant ( an immune booster ).

Adjective modifier

  • new: This may allow us in the future to design and engineer new mucosal adjuvants that could have universal application.

Modifies a noun

  • chemotherapy: The second part of the trial compared adjuvant chemotherapy with no adjuvant therapy.

Modifying Another Word

  • prior: Most with prior adjuvant chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormonal therapy.

Noun used with modifier

  • vaccine: Chicken interferon gamma has been proposed as a vaccine adjuvant and growth promoter for chickens [ 5 ] .

Preposition: in

  • vaccine: It is thought that the formation of this cancer is possibly being stimulated by the adjuvant in the vaccine.
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