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| ad·ju·vant [ ájjəvənt ] |
noun (plural ad·ju·vants) |
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1. pharmacology drug-enhancing agent: a drug or agent added to another drug or agent to enhance its medical effectiveness
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2. pharmacology antigen-enhancing drug: a substance injected along with an antigen to enhance the immune response stimulated by the antigen
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3. helping agent: something that helps or assists
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adjective |
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assisting: helping by supplementing
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| [Late 16th century. Directly or via French< Latin adjuvant-, present participle of adjuvare "give help to" < juvare "to help"] |
