adjuvant

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin adiuvant-, adjuvant- + English -ant (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘exhibiting a condition or process’; and forming agent nouns). Adiuvant-, adjuvant- are oblique stems of adiuvāns, adjuvāns (“assisting, helping”), the present active participle of adiuvō (“to assist, help; to be useful; etc.”), from ad- (“prefix meaning ‘to; toward’”) + iuvō (“to aid, help; to save”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewH- (“to assist, help; to save”)). Adjective adjective sense 3 (“of a form of therapy or treatment: additional, supplementary”) and noun noun sense 1.4 (“additive which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient of a drug”) are possibly derived from French adjuvant (adjective, noun). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæd͡ʒʊv(ə)nt/ (General American) enPR: 'ăj-ə-vənt, IPA(key): /ˈæd͡ʒəv(ə)nt/ Hyphenation: ad‧juv‧ant === Adjective === adjuvant (comparative more adjuvant, superlative most adjuvant) (formal) Providing assistance or help; assistive, facilitative, helpful. [from 16th c.] Synonyms: assisting, auxiliary, complementary, contributory, helping, supporting (immunology) Enhancing the immune response to an antigen; also, containing a substance having such an effect. (medicine) Of a form of therapy or treatment: additional, supplementary; specifically (oncology), of a cancer treatment: given after removal of a primary tumour. [from 19th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== adjutant aid aidance aidant aide ==== Translations ==== === Noun === adjuvant (plural adjuvants) (formal) Someone or (more commonly) something that assists, facilitates, or helps; an aid, an assistant, a helper. [from 16th c.] Synonyms: accessory, attendant (agriculture) An additive (often a separate product) that enhances the efficacy of a pesticide, but has little or no pesticidal effect itself. [from mid 20th c.] (immunology) A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen. [from 20th c.] (medicine) A form of therapy or treatment which is additional or supplementary to another, or which enhances the effectiveness of another. [from 18th c.] (pharmacology, archaic) An additive which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient of a drug. [from 19th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === adjuvant therapy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia immunologic adjuvant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia adjuvant (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “adjuvant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “adjuvant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “adjuvant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.dʒy.vɑ̃/ === Adjective === adjuvant (feminine adjuvante, masculine plural adjuvants, feminine plural adjuvantes) adjuvant === Noun === adjuvant m (plural adjuvants) adjuvant === Further reading === “adjuvant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Verb === adjuvant third-person plural present active indicative of adjuvō == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French adjuvant or German Adjuvant. === Adjective === adjuvant m or n (feminine singular adjuvantă, masculine plural adjuvanți, feminine/neuter plural adjuvante) adjuvant ==== Declension ==== === Noun === adjuvant m (plural adjuvanți) adjuvant ==== Declension ====