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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

Dictionary Results for adjuvant:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

adjuvant
    adj 1: 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]
    2: enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant
       action of certain bacteria"
    n 1: an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical
         treatment

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Adjuvant \Ad"ju*vant\, a. [L. adjuvans, p. pr. of adjuvare to
   aid: cf. F. adjuvant. See Aid.]
   Helping; helpful; assisting. [R.] "Adjuvant causes."
   --Howell.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Adjuvant \Ad"ju*vant\ ([a^]d"j[-u]*vant), n. [L. adjuvamentum,
   fr. adjuvare to help; ad + juvare to help.]
   1. An assistant. [R.] --Yelverton. AS
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Med.) An ingredient in a prescription drug, which aids or
      modifies the action of the principal ingredient. AS
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Med., Immunology) A substance that non-specifically
      enhances immune response to an antigen, such as by
      enhancing the production of antibodies. --AS
      [AS]

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