adjuvant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin adiuvāns, present participle of adiuvāre (“to help”), from ad (“to”) + iuvāre (“to help”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
adjuvant
- Helping; helpful; assisting. [from 16th c.]
- (medicine) Designating a supplementary form of treatment, especially a cancer therapy administered after removal of a primary tumour. [from 19th c.]
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 219:
- Adjuvant chemotherapy, Carbone conjectured, could be the surgeon's little helper.
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Translations[edit]
helpful
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medicine: involving an adjuvant
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Noun[edit]
adjuvant (plural adjuvants)
- Someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper. [from 16th c.]
- (medicine) Something that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment; a supplementary treatment. [from 18th c.]
- (pharmacology) An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient. [from 19th c.]
- (agriculture) An additive (often a separate product) that enhances the efficacy of pesticide products, but has little or no pesticidal activity itself. [from mid 20th c.]
- (immunology) A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen. [from 20th c.]
- Gay, Frederick P., Claypole, Edit J. (1914) “Specific Hyperleukocytosis: Studies In Typhoid Immunization”, in Archives of Internal Medicine[1], volume XIV, number 5, , →ISSN, retrieved 16 April 2020, pages 662–670
- The well-known tropic action of immune serum as an adjuvant to phagocytosis suggested early in our studies that we might here be dealing with a similar phenomenon.
- Gay, Frederick P., Claypole, Edit J. (1914) “Specific Hyperleukocytosis: Studies In Typhoid Immunization”, in Archives of Internal Medicine[1], volume XIV, number 5, , →ISSN, retrieved 16 April 2020, pages 662–670
Synonyms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
someone who helps or facilitates
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medicine: something that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment
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pharmacology: additive that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient
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pesticides: additive that enhances the efficacy of pesticides
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immunology: substance enhancing the immune response
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Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “adjuvant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “adjuvant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “adjuvant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
adjuvant (feminine adjuvante, masculine plural adjuvants, feminine plural adjuvantes)
Noun[edit]
adjuvant m (plural adjuvants)
Further reading[edit]
- “adjuvant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
adjuvant
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French adjuvant or German Adjuvant.
Adjective[edit]
adjuvant m or n (feminine singular adjuvantă, masculine plural adjuvanți, feminine and neuter plural adjuvante)
Declension[edit]
Declension of adjuvant
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | adjuvant | adjuvantă | adjuvanți | adjuvante | ||
definite | adjuvantul | adjuvanta | adjuvanții | adjuvantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | adjuvant | adjuvante | adjuvanți | adjuvante | ||
definite | adjuvantului | adjuvantei | adjuvanților | adjuvantelor |
Noun[edit]
adjuvant m (plural adjuvanți)
Declension[edit]
Declension of adjuvant
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) adjuvant | adjuvantul | (niște) adjuvanți | adjuvanții |
genitive/dative | (unui) adjuvant | adjuvantului | (unor) adjuvanți | adjuvanților |
vocative | adjuvantule | adjuvanților |
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