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adjuvant

Syllabification: (ad·ju·vant)
Pronunciation: /ˈajəvənt/
Definition of adjuvant

adjective

Medicine
  • (of therapy) applied after initial treatment for cancer, especially to suppress secondary tumor formation.

noun

Medicine
  • a substance that enhances the body’s immune response to an antigen.

Origin:

late 16th century: from Latin adjuvant- 'helping toward', from the verb adjuvare, from ad- 'toward' + juvare 'to help'

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