ADJUVANT
\ɐd͡ʒˈuːvənt], \ɐdʒˈuːvənt], \ɐ_dʒ_ˈuː_v_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of ADJUVANT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment
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enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria"
By Princeton University
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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"
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an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A substance added to an immunogenic agent to enhance the production of antibodies.
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A substance added to a formulation of a drug which enhances the effect of the active ingredient.
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Helping; helpful; assisting.
By Oddity Software
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A substance added to an immunogenic agent to enhance the production of antibodies.
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A substance added to a formulation of a drug which enhances the effect of the active ingredient.
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Helping; helpful; assisting.
By Noah Webster.
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That which aids or assists another, noting a remedy which is added to a prescription to assist or increase the action of the main ingredient; synergist.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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An assistant; an ingredient added to a prescription to aid the operation of the principal ingredient.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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A medicine, introduced into a prescription to aid the operation of the principal ingredient or basis. Also, whatever assists in the removal or prevention of disease.
By Robley Dunglison
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