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)

vestibular (iou) and adjuvant (iou)


vestibular (iou)



vestibular adjective. M19.
[from VESTIBULE + -AR1.]
Of or pertaining to a vestibule; resembling or serving as a vestibule; spec. in Anatomy, of or pertaining to the vestibule of the ear or its function as an organ of balance.
vestibular fold either of two folds of mucous membrane situated in the larynx above the vocal cords. vestibular membrane a thin membrane in the inner ear separating the scala vestibuli from the central duct of the cochlea; also called Reissner's membrane. vestibular nerve a branch of the vestibulocochlear nerve conveying information about orientation and posture.

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.