adjuvant

[ aj-uh-vuhnt ]

/ ˈædʒ ə vənt /

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adjective

serving to help or assist; auxiliary: You'll be serving in an adjuvant capacity, on call if we need you.

Medicine/Medical. utilizing drugs, radiation therapy, or other means of supplemental treatment following cancer surgery or other primary cancer treatment: The cancer was caught at such an early stage that adjuvant measures were determined to be unnecessary.Compare neoadjuvant.

noun

a person or thing that aids or helps: a team of adjuvants.

Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology. anything that aids in the treatment of disease, management of pain, etc., especially a substance added to a medication to aid the effect of the main ingredient: For some in acute pain, caffeine is an effective analgesic adjuvant.

Immunology. a substance admixed with an immunogen in order to elicit a more marked immune response: Aluminum salts have been used as adjuvants in vaccines for many decades.

Origin of adjuvant

First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin adjuvant- (stem of adjuvāns, adjective use of present participle of adjuvāre ), equivalent to prefix ad- + juv- (stem of juvāre “to help”) + -ant; cf. ad-, aid, -ant

Words nearby adjuvant

adjutancy, adjutant, adjutant bird, adjutant general, adjutant stork, adjuvant, ad kalendas Graecas, ADL, Adlai, adland, Adler

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Example sentences from the Web for adjuvant

This tincture is reputed pectoral and expectorant; but it is chiefly used as an adjuvant in mixtures, on account of its flavour.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley
How the use of yeast as an adjuvant to otherwise inadequate food mixtures exerts its beneficial effect is not yet made clear.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2|Various
Epinephrin, or pituitary extract, is used as an adjuvant intravenously to increase the cardiac movement after it has been started.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation|Austin O'Malley
There is no scientific evidence that it has any value either alone or as an adjuvant to sandal oil.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2|Various

If the patients are bothering their relatives very much it may be necessary to give some opium as an adjuvant.
Psychotherapy|James J. Walsh

British Dictionary definitions for adjuvant

adjuvant

/ (ˈædʒəvənt) /

adjective

aiding or assisting

noun

something that aids or assists; auxiliary

med a drug or other substance that enhances the activity of another

immunol a substance that enhances the immune response stimulated by an antigen when injected with the antigen

Word Origin for adjuvant

C17: from Latin adjuvāns, present participle of adjuvāre, from juvāre to help

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for adjuvant

adjuvant

[ ăj′ə-vənt ]

n.

A pharmacological agent added to a drug, predictably affecting the action of the drug's active ingredient.

An immunological vehicle for enhancing antigenicity, such as a water-in-oil emulsion in which antigen solution is emulsified in mineral oil.immunoadjuvant

单词	adjuvant
释义	adjuvant [ aj-uh-vuhnt ] / ˈædʒ ə vənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR adjuvant ON THESAURUS.COM adjective serving to help or assist; auxiliary: You'll be serving in an adjuvant capacity, on call if we need you. Medicine/Medical. utilizing drugs, radiation therapy, or other means of supplemental treatment following cancer surgery or other primary cancer treatment: The cancer was caught at such an early stage that adjuvant measures were determined to be unnecessary.Compare neoadjuvant. noun a person or thing that aids or helps: a team of adjuvants. Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology. anything that aids in the treatment of disease, management of pain, etc., especially a substance added to a medication to aid the effect of the main ingredient: For some in acute pain, caffeine is an effective analgesic adjuvant. Immunology. a substance admixed with an immunogen in order to elicit a more marked immune response: Aluminum salts have been used as adjuvants in vaccines for many decades. Origin of adjuvant First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin adjuvant- (stem of adjuvāns, adjective use of present participle of adjuvāre ), equivalent to prefix ad- + juv- (stem of juvāre “to help”) + -ant; cf. ad-, aid, -ant Words nearby adjuvant adjutancy, adjutant, adjutant bird, adjutant general, adjutant stork, adjuvant, ad kalendas Graecas, ADL, Adlai, adland, Adler Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for adjuvant This tincture is reputed pectoral and expectorant; but it is chiefly used as an adjuvant in mixtures, on account of its flavour. Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II\|Arnold Cooley How the use of yeast as an adjuvant to otherwise inadequate food mixtures exerts its beneficial effect is not yet made clear. The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2\|Various Epinephrin, or pituitary extract, is used as an adjuvant intravenously to increase the cardiac movement after it has been started. The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation\|Austin O'Malley There is no scientific evidence that it has any value either alone or as an adjuvant to sandal oil. The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2\|Various If the patients are bothering their relatives very much it may be necessary to give some opium as an adjuvant. Psychotherapy\|James J. Walsh British Dictionary definitions for adjuvant adjuvant / (ˈædʒəvənt) / adjective aiding or assisting noun something that aids or assists; auxiliary med a drug or other substance that enhances the activity of another immunol a substance that enhances the immune response stimulated by an antigen when injected with the antigen Word Origin for adjuvant C17: from Latin adjuvāns, present participle of adjuvāre, from juvāre to help Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to adjuvant ancillary, inferior, supplementary, additional, impetus, motivation, incentive, stimulant, supporting, extra, complementary, accessory, spare, subordinate, subsidiary, secondary, backup, reserve, collateral, lower Medical definitions for adjuvant adjuvant [ ăj′ə-vənt ] n. A pharmacological agent added to a drug, predictably affecting the action of the drug's active ingredient. An immunological vehicle for enhancing antigenicity, such as a water-in-oil emulsion in which antigen solution is emulsified in mineral oil.immunoadjuvant The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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adjuvant

adjective

noun

Origin of adjuvant

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Example sentences from the Web for adjuvant

British Dictionary definitions for adjuvant

adjective

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Word Origin for adjuvant

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Medical definitions for adjuvant

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