adjuvant
pronunciation
How to pronounce adjuvant in British English:
UK ['ædʒʊvənt]
How to pronounce adjuvant in American English:
US ['ædʒəvənt]
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- Noun:
- an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment
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- Adjective:
- relating to something that is added but is not essential
- enhancing the action of a medical treatment
Word Origin
Example
- 1. For example , they have spent eight decades adding alum to vaccines as what is known as an adjuvant .
- 2. Which treatments are used as adjuvant therapies ?
- 3. Once built , they attached the new hapten molecules to carrier proteins , mixed them with adjuvant , injected the results into mice and waited .
- 4. Dr fauci said studies in pregnant women should begin in september , as will studies using an immune system booster called an adjuvant .
- 5. Scientists hope that giving a booster within a year of the first jab and a new adjuvant will lead to a stronger and longer-lasting response against hiv and its v2 region , says kim who is helping to design the trials .