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Adjuvant logo #10101) Accessory 2) Adjunct 3) Ancillary 4) Appurtenant 5) Auxiliary 6) Furnishing added support 7) Serving to help or assist 8) Subsidiary 9) Supportive
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Adjuvant logo #21002• (n.) A substance added to an immunogenic agent to enhance the production of antibodies. • (n.) A substance added to a formulation of a drug which enhances the effect of the active ingredient. • (a.) Helping; helpful; assisting. • (n.) An assistant. • (n.) An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action...
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adjuvant logo #21005(L. adjuvans aiding) a substance which aids another, such as an auxiliary remedy; in immunology, nonspecific stimulator (e.g., BCG vaccine) of the immune response.
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adjuvant logo #20732In immunology, this is a substance injected with antigens (usually mixed with them but sometimes given before or after the antigens) which non-specifically enhances or modifies the immune response to the antigens.
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Adjuvant logo #22572A material that enhances the action of a drug or antigen
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adjuvant logo #209731. <pharmacology> A substance that, when added to a medicine, speeds or improves its action which aids another, such as an auxiliary remedy ... 2. <immunology> A substance added to a vaccine to improve the immune response so that less vaccine is needed to produce a non-specific stimulator (for example, BCG vaccine) of the immune respons...
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adjuvant logo #21001(aj´ә-vәnt) (ă-joo´vәnt) assisting or aiding. a substance that aids another, such as an auxiliary remedy.
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Adjuvant

Adjuvant logo #10444An ingredient that improves the properties of a pesticide formulation. Includes wetting agents, spreaders, emulsifiers, dispersing agents, foam suppressants, penetrants and correctives.
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Adjuvant logo #10444In immunology, this is a substance injected with antigens (usually mixed with them but sometimes given before or after the antigens) which non-specifically enhances or modifies the immune response to the antigens.
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adjuvant logo #10444Additional components added to a system to affect action of its main component, typically to increase immune response to an antigen. See Freund's adjuvant.
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Adjuvant logo #20972Ad'ju·vant (ăd'ju*vănt) adjective [ Latin adjuvans , present participle of adjuvare to aid: confer French adjuvant . See Aid .] Helping; helpful; assisting. [ R.] ' Adjuvant causes.' Howell.
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Adjuvant logo #20972Ad'ju·vant noun 1. An assistant. [ R.] Yelverton. 2. (Medicine) An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.
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Adjuvant logo #20909Adjuvant: The Latin 'adjuvans' means to help, particularly to reach a goal. Adjuvant therapy for cancer is surgery followed by chemotherapy or radiation to help decrease the risk of the cancer recurring (coming back). An adjuvant is a substance that helps and enhances the pharmacological effect of a drug or increases the ability of an antigen to st...
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adjuvant logo #23034Any substance that nonspecifically enhances the immune response to antigen.
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Adjuvant logo #20635archaic or obsolete terms > General: Helping, assisting, something added to enhance effectiveness.
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adjuvant logo #21009adjuvant 1. A drug or agent added to another drug or agent to enhance its medical effectiveness. 2. A substance injected along with an antigen to enhance the immune response stimulated by the antigen. 3. Something that helps or assists.
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adjuvant logo #23221a substance sometimes included in a vaccine formulation to enhance or modify the immune-stimulating properties of a vaccine.
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adjuvant logo #23733A substance that is added to a vaccine during production to improve the immune response to that vaccine
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Adjuvant logo #23722A pharmacological agent (e.g., aluminum salt, oil-in-water emulsions) that modifies the effect of other agents, such as a drug or vaccine, while having few if any direct effects when given by itself. Adjuvants are often included in vaccines to enhance the recipient's immune response to a supplied antigen, while keeping the injected foreign material...
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Adjuvant logo #23721A vaccine component distinct from the antigen that enhances the immune response to the antigen.
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Adjuvant logo #23734 A substance (e.g. aluminum salt) that is added during production to increase
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Adjuvant logo #20496A substance other than water, when mixed in the spray mixture is intended to enhance the effectiveness of a pesticide.
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adjuvant logo #20974 adjective enhancing the action of a medical treatment; `the adjuvant action of certain bacteria`
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adjuvant logo #22445A component added to killed vaccines to increase the ability of the vaccine to stimulate an immune response.
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Adjuvant logo #23739Adjuvant is a compound used to increase antigenicity and to prolong the stimulatory effect of vaccines particularly of those containing inactivated microorganisms or their products (eg diphtheri and tetanus toxoids).
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