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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•ju•vant (aj′ə vənt),USA pronunciation adj. - serving to help or assist;
auxiliary. - Medicineutilizing drugs, radiation therapy, or other means of supplemental treatment following cancer surgery.
n. - a person or thing that aids or helps.
- Medicineanything that aids in removing or preventing a disease, esp. a substance added to a prescription to aid the effect of the main ingredient.
- Immunologya substance admixed with an immunogen in order to elicit a more marked immune response.
- Latin adjuvant- (stem of adjuvāns, present participle of adjuvāre), equivalent. to ad- ad- + juv- (stem of juvāre to help) + -ant- -ant
- 1600–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: adjuvant /ˈædʒəvənt/ adj - aiding or assisting
n - something that aids or assists; auxiliary
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin adjuvāns, present participle of adjuvāre, from juvāre to help |