adjuvant

About 1.50 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Providing assistance or help; assistive, facilitative, helpful. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. adjective Enhancing the immune response to an antigen; also, containing a substance having such an effect.
3. adjective Of a form of therapy or treatment: additional, supplementary; specifically , of a cancer treatment: given after removal of a primary tumour.
4. noun Someone or (more commonly) something that assists, facilitates, or helps; an aid, an assistant, a helper.
5. noun An additive (often a separate product) that enhances the efficacy of a pesticide, but has little or no pesticidal effect itself.
6. noun A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen.
7. noun A form of therapy or treatment which is additional or supplementary to another, or which enhances the effectiveness of another.
8. noun An additive which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient of a drug.

Similar words

auxiliary helpful supportive subsidiary ancillary appurtenant accessory adjunct aid supporting

Often followed by

chemotherapy therapy treatment to breast radiation in radiotherapy and

Word family

adjuvants