English

Adjective

adjuvant

1. Helping; helpful; assisting. [from 16th c.]
2. (medicine) Designating a supplementary form of treatment; specifically, a cancer therapy administered after removal of a primary tumour. [from 19th c.]
   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 219:

     Adjuvant chemotherapy, Carbone conjectured, could be the surgeon's little helper.

3. (immunology) Something that contains an adjuvant. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• ancillary, complementary, contributory, extra, supporting

Translations

Noun

adjuvant ‎(plural adjuvants)

1. Someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper. [from 16th c.]
2. (medicine) Something that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment; a supplementary treatment. [from 18th c.]
3. (pharmacology) An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient. [from 19th c.]
4. (immunology) A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• accessory, assistant, attendant, satellite, secondary, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary.

Related terms

• adjutant
• aid
• aidance
• aidant
• aide

French

Adjective

adjuvant m ‎(feminine singular adjuvante, masculine plural adjuvants, feminine plural adjuvantes)

1. adjuvant

Noun

adjuvant m ‎(plural adjuvants)

1. adjuvant

Latin

Verb

adjuvant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of adjuvō