adjuvant

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Synonyms: adjutant, adjuvate, adjument, coadjuvant, adjuvants, adjuvancy

Antonyms: adjutant, adjuvate, adjument, coadjuvant, adjuvants, adjuvancy

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Adjective

{{lb|en|formal}} [[provide|Providing]] [[assistance]] or [[help#Noun|help]]; [[assistive]], [[facilitative]], [[helpful]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
{{lb|en|immunology}} [[enhance|Enhancing]] the [[immune#Adjective|immune]] [[response]] to an [[antigen]]; also, [[contain]]ing a [[substance#Noun|substance]] having such an [[effect#Noun|effect]].
{{senseid|en|medicine}}{{lb|en|medicine}} Of a [[form#Noun|form]] of [[therapy]] or [[treatment]]: [[additional#Adjective|additional]], [[supplementary#Adjective|supplementary]]; specifically {{lb|en|oncology}}, of a [[cancer#Noun|cancer]] treatment: [[give#Verb|given]] after [[removal]] of a [[primary#Adjective|primary]] [[tumor|tumour]]. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}

{{lb|en|formal}} Someone or (more [[commonly]]) something that [[assist#Verb|assists]], [[facilitate]]s, or [[help#Verb|helps]]; an [[aid#Noun|aid]], an [[assistant#Noun|assistant]], a [[helper]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}

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