ADJUVANT

 Dictionary entry overview: What does adjuvant mean? 

• ADJUVANT (noun)
  The noun ADJUVANT has 1 sense:

1. an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment

  Familiarity information: ADJUVANT used as a noun is very rare.

• ADJUVANT (adjective)
  The adjective ADJUVANT has 2 senses:

1. furnishing added support
2. enhancing the action of a medical treatment

  Familiarity information: ADJUVANT used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADJUVANT (noun)

Meaning:

An additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("adjuvant" is a kind of...):

additive (something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine)

• ADJUVANT (adjective)

Meaning:

Furnishing added support

Synonyms:

accessory; adjunct; adjuvant; ancillary; appurtenant; auxiliary; subsidiary

Context examples:

an ancillary pump / an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism / The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other

Similar:

supportive (furnishing support or assistance)

Meaning:

Enhancing the action of a medical treatment

Context example:

the adjuvant action of certain bacteria

Similar:

helpful (providing assistance or serving a useful function)

Domain category:

materia medica; pharmacological medicine; pharmacology (the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects)