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UK
/ɐdʒˈuːvənt/
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ADJECTIVE
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furnishing added support
an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism
The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other
an ancillary pump -
enhancing the action of a medical treatment
the adjuvant action of certain bacteria
NOUN
- an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment
How To Use adjuvant In A Sentence
- Adjuvant measures are hot baths, poultices, inunctions, fumigations and sternutatories, and the use of certain herbs. Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century
- In addition to the initial therapy, most patients received tamoxifen in a dosage of 20 mg daily as adjuvant treatment.
- Intercell's vaccine (IC41) comprises of eight T-cell antigens, combined with its first-generation poly-arginine adjuvant (IC30).
- A 2000 study published in the American Journal of Pathology demonstrated a single injection of the adjuvant squalene into rats triggered "chronic, immune-mediated joint-specific inflammation," also known as rheumatoid arthritis. [vii] Veterans Today - News for U.S. Military Veterans Jobs, VA Benefits, Home Loans, Hospitals & Administration
- The efficacy of photodynamic treatment may be increased by adjuvant treatments.
- Recently, there has been a great deal of interest in biologic agents as potential adjuvants in the treatment of chronic wounds.
- Adjuvant chemotherapy may produce diarrhea, mucositis or stomatitis, myelosuppression, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, hair thinning, taste changes and skin and nail changes.
- This issue could become tremendously important with the increasing use of aromatase inhibitors instead of selective oestrogen receptor inhibitors as adjuvant hormonal treatment.
- The aim of the present study was to define the possible use of an adjuvant that could be used without conjugation, both by parenteral and mucosal immunization, to increase the immunogenicity of M protein.
- Many of us believe the human body contains an immune system which we evolved to fight off disease, and rather than introduce harmful toxins (that's exactly what a vaccine adjuvant is – its the intended purpose, to be toxic and elicit an immune response to make the vaccine effective), we're willing to take the chance that we might get the flu, and in almost all cases, that means a couple days off work feeling crappy. CNN Poll: Majority of adult Americans don't want H1N1 flu shot
