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"
Material added to improve some chemical or physical property (e g , of a plant protectant) or a biological property (e g , to improve antibody response to an antigen) (8)
an ingredient added to a herbicide formulation or spray mixture to aid or modify the action of the herbicide, or the physical characteristics of the mixture
A substance that is used in a vaccine to improve the immune response so that less vaccine is needed to produce a non-specific stimulator of the immune response
n (AD-juh-vent) Substance injected along with an antigen to enhance the immune response stimulated by the antigen; also, drug or agent added to another drug or agent to enhance its medical effectiveness
a chemical added to a vaccine to stimulate the immune system Adjuvants work by making the vaccine a sustained release antigen, as well as attracting the immune system to the site by causing inflammation Unfortunately the more adjuvant the more likely the patient is to have an adverse reaction Killed vaccines require an adjuvant Modified live virus vaccines do not
In 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
Chemotherapy that is given after other methods have destroyed clinically detectable cancer cells Radiation may also be administered as adjuvant therapy
Any treatment which is given in addition to an original treatment to intensify medical intervention is an adjuvant treatment For instance, chemotherapy which is given as well as surgery may be called adjuvant chemotherapy
{i} helper, assistant; substance or treatment that is used as a supplement to the primary treatment (Medicine); substance added to an antigen or vaccine to increase the immune response (Immunology)