adjuvant

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Etymology

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From Latin adiuvāns, present participle of adiuvāre (to help), from ad (to) + iuvāre (to help).

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  • enPR: 'ăj-ə-vənt, IPA(key): /ˈæd͡ʒ.ə.vənt/

Adjective

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adjuvant

  1. Helping; helpful; assisting. [from 16th c.]
  2. (medicine) Designating a supplementary form of treatment, especially a cancer therapy administered after removal of a primary tumor. [from 19th c.]
    • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 219:
      Adjuvant chemotherapy, Carbone conjectured, could be the surgeon's little helper.

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Noun

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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. (agriculture) An additive (often a separate product) that enhances the efficacy of pesticide products, but has little or no pesticidal activity itself. [from mid 20th c.]
  5. (immunology) A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen. [from 20th c.]
    • Gay, Frederick P., Claypole, Edit J. (1914) “Specific Hyperleukocytosis: Studies In Typhoid Immunization”, in Archives of Internal Medicine[1], volume XIV, number 5, →DOI, →ISSN, retrieved 16 April 2020, pages 662–670
      The well-known tropic action of immune serum as an adjuvant to phagocytosis suggested early in our studies that we might here be dealing with a similar phenomenon.

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.dʒy.vɑ̃/
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Adjective

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

  1. adjuvant

Noun

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adjuvant m (plural adjuvants)

  1. adjuvant

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Latin

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Verb

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adjuvant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of adjuvō

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French adjuvant or German Adjuvant.

Adjective

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adjuvant m or n (feminine singular adjuvantă, masculine plural adjuvanți, feminine and neuter plural adjuvante)

  1. adjuvant

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Noun

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adjuvant m (plural adjuvanți)

  1. adjuvant

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