adjuvant
Meaning of adjuvant
adjective
(of therapy) applied after initial treatment for cancer, especially to suppress secondary tumour formation.
noun
a substance which enhances the body's immune response to an antigen.
late 16th century: from Latin adjuvant- ‘helping towards’, from the verb adjuvare, from ad- ‘towards’ + juvare to ‘help’.
Information about adjuvant
- The plural form of adjuvant is: adjuvants.
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CatalanHyphenation of adjuvant
ad-ju-vant
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- adjuvant is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
adjuvant synonyms
Meaning accessory:
accessory, adjunct, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary, subsidiary
Translation of adjuvant
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