adjuvant
Meanings
Plural: adjuvants
Noun
- an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment
- Someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper.
- Something that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment; a supplementary treatment.
- An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.
- An additive (often a separate product) that enhances the efficacy of pesticide products, but has little or no pesticidal activity itself.
- A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen.
Adjective Satellite
- furnishing added support
- "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"
- enhancing the action of a medical treatment
- "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria"
Adj
- Helping; helpful; assisting.
- Designating a supplementary form of treatment, especially a cancer therapy administered after removal of a primary tumor.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin adiuvāns, present participle of adiuvāre (“to help”), from ad (“to”) + iuvāre (“to help”). Doublet of adjutant.
Synonyms
accessory, adjunct, ancillary, appurtenant, assistant, attendant, auxiliary, complementary, contributory, extra, satellite, secondary, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting
Scrabble Score: 19
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