adjuvant
/ˈædʒəvənt/
adjective
- Describing a treatment that is given in addition to the main treatment, especially after surgery to prevent cancer from returning.
- She received adjuvant chemotherapy after her tumor was removed.
- Doctors often recommend adjuvant radiation for certain types of breast cancer.
- Adjuvant therapy can reduce the risk of cancer recurrence.
- Helping or supporting; assisting.
- The company hired an adjuvant consultant to streamline operations.
- The adjuvant role of the intern was to organize files and answer phones.
- These vitamins have an adjuvant effect on the immune system.
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noun
- A substance that helps a medical treatment work better, especially one added to a vaccine to increase the body's immune response.
- Aluminum salts are a common adjuvant used in many vaccines.
- Researchers are testing a new adjuvant that could improve cancer immunotherapy.
- The flu vaccine contains an adjuvant to make it more effective.
- A person or thing that helps or assists something else.
- The mentor was an adjuvant to the young entrepreneur's success.
- The new software acted as an adjuvant to the team's workflow, saving hours each week.
- In the garden, certain plants serve as adjuvants by attracting beneficial insects.
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