Definition of Adjuvant

1. Noun. An additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment.

Generic synonyms: Additive

2. Adjective. Furnishing added support. "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"

3. Adjective. Enhancing the action of a medical treatment. "The adjuvant action of certain bacteria"
Category relationships: Materia Medica, Pharmacological Medicine, Pharmacology
Similar to: Helpful

Definition of Adjuvant

1. a. Helping; helpful; assisting.

2. n. An assistant.

Definition of Adjuvant

1. an assistant [n -S] - See also: assistant

Medical Definition of Adjuvant

1. 1. A substance that, when added to a medicine, speeds or improves its action which aids another, such as an auxiliary remedy 2. A substance added to a vaccine to improve the immune response so that less vaccine is needed to produce a non-specific stimulator (for example, BCG vaccine) of the immune response. Origin: L. Adjuvans = aiding (18 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adjuvant

adjustors
adjusts
adjutage
adjutages
adjutancies
adjutancy
adjutancy
adjutant
adjutant
adjutants
adjutant bird
adjutant general
adjutant stork
adjutrix
adjuvant (current term)
adjuvant (current term)
adjuvants
adjuvant analgesic
adjuvant chemotherapy
adjuvant therapy
adjuvant vaccine
ADL
Adlai Ewing Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
adland
adlands
Adler's test
adlerian psychoanalysis
adlerian psychology
Adlumia

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