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Meaning of 'adjuvant' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Adjuvant [ a.]
- Helping; helpful; assisting.
2 . Adjuvant [ n.]
- A substance added to an immunogenic agent to enhance the production of antibodies.
- A substance added to a formulation of a drug which enhances the effect of the active ingredient.
- An assistant.
- An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.

Meaning of 'adjuvant' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . adjuvant [ s]
Meaning (1):
- furnishing added support
Example in sentence:
  • an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism;
  • an ancillary pump;
  • The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other
Meaning (2):
- enhancing the action of a medical treatment
Example in sentence:
  • the adjuvant action of certain bacteria

Nearby Words:

adjacence adjacency adjacent adjacently adject adjection adjectional adjectitious adjectival adjectivally

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    Adjuvant is a substance that when injected together with antigen increases antibody production.

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