See Also: Adjuvant(medicine)
adjuvant(dictionary)
Adjuvant(health)
Adjuvant chemotherapy(medicine)
Chemotherapy, adjuvant(health)
Adjuvant treatment(health)
Adjuvant therapy(health)
Adjuvant chemotherapy(health)
radiotherapy, adjuvant(medicine)
freund's adjuvant(medicine)

adjuvant (iou)



adjuvant adjective & noun. L16.
[French, or Latin adjuvant- pres. ppl stem of adjuvare, from ad AD- + juvare help: see -ANT1.]
A. adjective.
Helpful, auxiliary. L16.
Medicine. Designating therapy applied after the initial treatment of cancer, esp. to suppress secondary tumour formation. L20.
b. noun.
A help; a helper. E17.
Medicine. Something given to augment the effect of a drug or other agent; now esp. a substance which enhances the body's immune response to an antigen. M19.