adjuvant

Etymology
From, present participle of , from +.

Adjective

 * 1) Helping; helpful; assisting.
 * 2)  Designating a supplementary form of treatment, especially a cancer therapy administered after removal of a primary tumour.

Translations

 * Finnish:, ,
 * German: ,


 * Finnish: adjuvanttinen
 * French:
 * Italian: adiuvante,
 * Portuguese: adjuvante
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) Someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper.
 * 2)  Something that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment; a supplementary treatment.
 * 3)  An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.
 * 4)   An additive (often a separate product) that enhances the efficacy of pesticide products, but has little or no pesticidal activity itself.
 * 5)  A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen.
 * 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.
 * 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.

Translations

 * Finnish:, , , ,


 * Finnish:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: liitännäisaine
 * Polish: adiuwant
 * Swedish: adjuvant


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 * Finnish:

Etymology
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