adjuvant

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin adiuvāns, present participle of adiuvāre (“to help”), from ad (“to”) + iuvāre (“to help”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ă-j'ə-vənt, IPA^(key): /ˈæ.dʒə.vənt/

Adjective

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 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.

Synonyms

• ancillary, complementary, contributory, extra, supporting

Translations

helpful

• Finnish: adjuvantti (fi), tuki- (fi), tehostava
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Containing an adjuvant

• French: adjuvant (fr)
• Italian: adiuvante, coadiuvante (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: adjuvante
• Spanish: adyuvante (es)

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. (pesticide science) 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.]

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• adjutant
• aid
• aidance
• aidant
• aide

Further reading

• “adjuvant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “adjuvant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “adjuvant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

1. adjuvant

Noun

adjuvant m (plural adjuvants)

1. adjuvant

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) adjuvant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of adjuvō