单词 | adjuvant |
释义 | adjuvant /aj"euh veuhnt/, adj. 1. serving to help or assist; auxiliary. 2. Med. utilizing drugs, radiation therapy, or other means of supplemental treatment following cancer surgery. n. 3. a person or thing that aids or helps. 4. anything that aids in removing or preventing a disease, esp. a substance added to a prescription to aid the effect of the main ingredient. 5. Immunol. a substance admixed with an immunogen in order to elicit a more marked immune response. [1600-10; < L adjuvant- (s. of adjuvans, prp. of adjuvare), equiv. to ad- AD- + juv- (s. of juvare to help) + -ant- -ANT] |
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