'adjuvant' definitions:
Definition of 'adjuvant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary]
adjective
Enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria"
noun
An additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment
Synonyms of 'adjuvant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accession,
- accessory,
- accompaniment,
- addenda,
- addendum,
- additament,
- addition,
- additive,
- additory,
- additum,
- adjunct,
- alterative,
- analeptic,
- ancillary,
- annex,
- annexation,
- appanage,
- appendage,
- appendant,
- appurtenance,
- appurtenant,
- assistant,
- assisting,
- attachment,
- augment,
- augmentation,
- auxiliary,
- carminative,
- coda,
- collateral,
- complement,
- concomitant,
- continuation,
- contributory,
- corollary,
- corrective,
- counterirritant,
- curative,
- emmenagogue,
- expectorant,
- extension,
- extrapolation,
- fixture,
- fostering,
- healing,
- helping,
- hormone,
- iatric,
- increase,
- increment,
- instrumental,
- maturative,
- medicative,
- medicinal,
- ministerial,
- ministering,
- ministrant,
- nurtural,
- nutricial,
- offshoot,
- pendant,
- reinforcement,
- remedial,
- restorative,
- sanative,
- sanatory,
- serving,
- side effect,
- side issue,
- subservient,
- subsidiary,
- supplement,
- synergistic,
- tailpiece,
- therapeutic,
- theriac,
- undergirding,
- vasodilator,
- vitamin