Adjuvant
Adjuvant ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Latin adjuvans, present participle of adjuvare to aid: compare French adjuvant. See Aid.]
Helping; helpful; assisting. [Rare]
Adjuvant causes.
Adjuvant (ad"ju*vant) , noun
[Latin adjuvamentum, from adjuvare to help; ad + juvare to help.]
1.
An assistant. [Rare] — Yelverton
2.
(Medicine) An ingredient in a prescription drug, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.
3.
(Medicine, Immunology) A substance that non-specifically enhances immune response to an antigen, such as by enhancing the production of antibodies. — AS