 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjuvant
adjective
1: relating to something that is added but is not essential;
"an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms
of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary
to each other" [syn: {accessory}, {adjunct}, {ancillary},
{appurtenant}, {auxiliary}, {subsidiary}]
2: enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant
action of certain bacteria"
noun: an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical
treatment
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Adjuvant \Ad"ju*vant\ ([a^]d"j[-u]*vant), noun [L. adjuvamentum,
fr. adjuvare to help; ad + juvare to help.]
1. (Immunology) A substance added to an immunogenic agent to
enhance the production of antibodies. --Stedman.
[PJC]
2. A substance added to a formulation of a drug which
enhances the effect of the active ingredient. --Stedman.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Adjuvant \Ad"ju*vant\, noun
1. An assistant. [R.] --Yelverton.
2. (Med.) An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or
modifies the action of the principal ingredient.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Adjuvant \Ad"ju*vant\, adjective [L. adjuvans, p. pr. of adjuvare to
aid: cf. F. adjuvant. See {Aid}.]
Helping; helpful; assisting. [R.] ''Adjuvant causes.''
--Howell.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "adjuvant":
accession, accessory, accompaniment, addenda, addendum, additament,
addition, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, alterative,
analeptic, ancillary, annex, annexation, appanage, appendage,
appendant, appurtenance, appurtenant, assistant, assisting,
attachment, augment, augmentation, auxiliary, carminative, coda,
collateral, complement, concomitant, continuation, contributory,
corollary, corrective, counterirritant, curative, emmenagogue,
expectorant, extension, extrapolation, fixture, fostering, healing,
helping, hormone, iatric, increase, increment, instrumental,
maturative, medicative, medicinal, ministerial, ministering,
ministrant, nurtural, nutricial, offshoot, pendant, reinforcement,
remedial, restorative, sanative, sanatory, serving, side effect,
side issue, subservient, subsidiary, supplement, synergistic,
tailpiece, therapeutic, theriac, undergirding, vasodilator,
vitamin
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