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" (95 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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28 translations across 10 languages.
Czech
2 entries- adjuvans noun (substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen)
- adjuvans noun (additive which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient of a drug)
Finnish
4 entries- adjuvanttinen adj (enhancing the immune response to an antigen; containing a substance having such an effect)
- adjuvanttinen adj (of a form of therapy or treatment: additional, supplementary; of a cancer treatment: given after removal of a primary tumour)
- auttavainen adj (providing assistance or help — see also helpful)
- avustava adj (providing assistance or help — see also helpful)
French
1 entries- adjuvant adj (of a form of therapy or treatment: additional, supplementary; of a cancer treatment: given after removal of a primary tumour)
German
2 entries- hilfreich adj (providing assistance or help — see also helpful)
- unterstützend adj (providing assistance or help — see also helpful)
Italian
2 entries- adiuvante adj (of a form of therapy or treatment: additional, supplementary; of a cancer treatment: given after removal of a primary tumour)
- coadiuvante adj (of a form of therapy or treatment: additional, supplementary; of a cancer treatment: given after removal of a primary tumour)
Polish
1 entries- adiuwant noun (additive that enhances the efficacy of a pesticide, but has little or no pesticidal effect itself)
Portuguese
1 entries- adjuvante adj (of a form of therapy or treatment: additional, supplementary; of a cancer treatment: given after removal of a primary tumour)
Spanish
2 entries- adyuvante adj (providing assistance or help — see also helpful)
- adyuvante adj (of a form of therapy or treatment: additional, supplementary; of a cancer treatment: given after removal of a primary tumour)
Swedish
1 entries- adjuvant noun (additive that enhances the efficacy of a pesticide, but has little or no pesticidal effect itself)
Welsh
2 entries- adgynorthwyydd noun (substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen)
- adgynorthwyydd noun (additive which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient of a drug)
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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— […]
Source: wiktionary
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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