Vaccines against swine and avian flu can be made more effective by the addition of a helper serum known as an adjuvant.
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Adjuvant
/ˈæd͡ʒʊv(ə)nt/
Synonyms for "adjuvant" (103 found)
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Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (31)
Adjective(3 words)
annexannexationappanageappendageappendantappurtenanceappurtenantassistantassistingattachmentaugmentaugmentationauxiliarycarminativecodacollateralcomplementconcoctconcomitantcontinuation
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Noun(2 words)
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Noun(10 words)
enhancerimmune enhancerimmunoactivatingimmunogenicimmunostimulantimmunostimulatorypostoperative therapystimulantsupplementsupplementary
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16 entriesaccessoryadjunctive therapyalumaluminum saltsauxiliarychemotherapycomplementhormonal therapyimmunostimulantimmunotherapyliposome adjuvantoil emulsion adjuvantradiation therapysupplementsupplementary treatmentvaccine adjuvant
Collocations
10 entriesadjuvant chemotherapyadjuvant drugadjuvant effectadjuvant radiotherapyadjuvant strategyadjuvant therapyadjuvant treatmentadjuvant vaccinealum adjuvantliposome adjuvant
Inflections
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2 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
11 translations across 3 languages.
Finnish
4 entries- auttavainen adj (providing assistance or help — see also helpful)
- avustava adj (providing assistance or help — see also helpful)
- tuki- adj (providing assistance or help — see also helpful)
- adjutantti noun (someone or something that assists, facilitates, or helps)
German
2 entries- hilfreich adj (providing assistance or help — see also helpful)
- unterstützend adj (providing assistance or help — see also helpful)
Spanish
1 entries- adyuvante adj (providing assistance or help — see also helpful)
Sample sentences
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The adjuvant participates in the development of the event.
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Adjuvant chemotherapy, [Paul] Carbone conjectured, could be the surgeon's little helper. It would eradicate microscopic deposits of cancer left behind after surgery, thus extirpating any remnant reservoirs of malignancy in the body in early breast cancer— […]
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The well-known tropic action of immune serum as an adjuvant to phagocytosis suggested early in our studies that we might here be dealing with a similar phenomenon.
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