Adjuvant

n.	1.	(Immunology) A substance added to an immunogenic agent to enhance the production of antibodies.
	2.	A substance added to a formulation of a drug which enhances the effect of the active ingredient.
a.	1.	Helping; helpful; assisting.
n.	1.	An assistant.
	2.	(Med.) An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.

Noun	1.	adjuvant - an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment
Adj.	1.	adjuvant - relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other" Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, appurtenant, subsidiary, auxiliary
	2.	adjuvant - enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria"

accession, accessory, accompaniment, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, alterative, analeptic, ancillary, annex, annexation, appanage, appendage, appendant, appurtenance, appurtenant, assistant, assisting, attachment, augment, augmentation, auxiliary, carminative, coda, collateral, complement, concomitant, continuation, contributory, corollary, corrective, counterirritant, curative, emmenagogue, expectorant, extension, extrapolation, fixture, fostering, healing, helping, hormone, iatric, increase, increment, instrumental, maturative, medicative, medicinal, ministerial, ministering, ministrant, nurtural, nutricial, offshoot, pendant, reinforcement, remedial, restorative, sanative, sanatory, serving, side effect, side issue, subservient, subsidiary, supplement, synergistic, tailpiece, therapeutic, theriac, undergirding, vasodilator, vitamin

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