Adjuvant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈæd͡ʒʊv(ə)nt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Adjuvant is an adjective meaning (formal) Providing assistance or help; assistive, facilitative, helpful.
Meaning
(formal) Providing assistance or help; assistive, facilitative, helpful.
More Meanings
- (immunology) Enhancing the immune response to an antigen; also, containing a substance having such an effect.
- (formal) Someone or (more commonly) something that assists, facilitates, or helps; an aid, an assistant, a helper.
- (medicine) Of a form of therapy or treatment: additional, supplementary; specifically (oncology), of a cancer treatment: given after removal of a primary tumour.
Example Sentences
Adjuvant chemotherapy, [Paul] Carbone conjectured, could be the surgeon's little helper. It would eradicate microscopic deposits of cancer left behind after surgery, thus extirpating any remnant reservoirs of malignancy in the body in early breast cancer— […]
Word Forms
- adjuvants
Synonyms for adjuvant
Depending on context, synonyms include assisting, auxiliary, complementary, contributory, helping, supporting.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include auxiliary, helpful, supportive, subsidiary, ancillary, appurtenant.
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