adjuvant

adjuvant definition - medical

ad·ju·vant (ăjˈə-vənt)

noun
  1. A pharmacological agent added to a drug, predictably affecting the action of the drug's active ingredient.
  2. An immunological vehicle for enhancing antigenicity, such as a water-in-oil emulsion in which antigen solution is emulsified in mineral oil. Also called immunoadjuvant.

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