About The Word Adjuvant
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Adjuvant
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What's The Definition Of Adjuvant?
[n] an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment
[adj] (pharmacology) enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria" [adj] relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other" Synonyms | Synonyms for Adjuvant: accessory | adjunct | ancillary | appurtenant | auxiliary | helpful | subsidiary | supportive Related Terms | Find terms related to Adjuvant: accession | accessory | accompaniment | addenda | addendum | additament | addition | additive | additory | additum | adjunct | alterative | analeptic | ancillary | annex | annexation | appanage | appendage | appendant | appurtenance | appurtenant | assistant | assisting | attachment | augment | augmentation | auxiliary | carminative | coda | collateral | complement | concomitant | continuation | contributory | corollary | corrective | counterirritant | curative | emmenagogue | expectorant | extension | extrapolation | fixture | fostering | healing | helping | hormone | iatric | increase | increment | instrumental | maturative | medicative | medicinal | ministerial | ministering | ministrant | nurtural | nutricial | offshoot | pendant | reinforcement | remedial | restorative | sanative | sanatory | serving | side effect | side issue | subservient | subsidiary | supplement | synergistic | tailpiece | therapeutic | theriac | undergirding | vasodilator | vitamin See Also | additive Adjuvant In Webster's Dictionary \Ad"ju*vant\, a. [L. adjuvans, p. pr. of adjuvare to
aid: cf. F. adjuvant. See {Aid}.]
Helping; helpful; assisting. [R.] ``Adjuvant causes.''
--Howell.
\Ad"ju*vant\, n. 1. An assistant. [R.] --Yelverton. 2. (Med.) An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient. |
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