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adjuvant
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As an adjective, adjuvant means helping. As a noun, it means someone who helps or facilitates.
Meanings of adjuvant
9 meaningsadjective
Helping; helpful; assisting.
medicineDesignating a supplementary form of treatment, especially a cancer therapy administered after removal of a primary tumour.
Furnishing added support
“an ancillary pump”
“an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism”
“The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other”
Similar: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliaryEnhancing the action of a medical treatment
“the adjuvant action of certain bacteria”
noun
Someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper.
medicineSomething that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment; a supplementary treatment.
pharmacologyAn additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.
agricultureAn additive (often a separate product) that enhances the efficacy of pesticide products, but has little or no pesticidal activity itself.
immunologyA substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).