a nonantigenic substance used in a vaccine to further stimulate the immune response so that less of the actual vaccine is required.

Substance that nonspecifically stimulates immune responses; used in inactivated vaccines to prolong the immune response to vaccine components.

An ingredient that improves the properties of a formulation to which it has been added.

An agent mixed with an antigen that enhances the immune response to that antigen on immunization.

A material added to a pesticide formulation to increase its effectiveness or aid in the application process.

A substance that non-specifically activates the immune system. Many therapeutic molecules such as vaccines are provided with an adjuvant in order to enhance their effect.

A drug or agent added to another drug or agent to enhance its medical effectiveness.

Formulant designed to enhance the activity or other properties of a pesticide mixture.

A substance added to a drug that affects the action of the active ingredient in a predictable way.

A substance added to a vaccine to improve the body's immune response. Used in reference to immunization.

1. In pharmacology, a substance added to a drug to speed or increase the action of the main component. 2. In immunology, a substance (such as aluminium hydroxide) or an organism (such as bovine tuberculosis bacillus) which increases the response to an antigen.

A material that enhances the action of a drug or antigen

Any substance in a herbicide formulation or added to the spray tank to improve herbicidal activity or application characteristics.

a substance added to a drug that increases its effect.

an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment

enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria"

a chemical added to a pesticide formulation or tank mix to increase its effectiveness or safety

a chemical added to a pesticide mixture that helps the active ingredient to do a better job

a material added to a vaccine to increase the intensity of the immune

an additive administered with a vaccine that has little effect by itself, but improves the response of the immune system to the vaccine

an additive that is often used in vaccines to enhance the immune response

an additive used with killed vaccines to improve their ability to stimulate the immune system

an agent that stimulates (irritates) the immune system to find and react to the vaccine agent

an inert ingredient added to the spray solution in order to facilitate or modify the action of the herbicide

a spray additive that enhances the performance or handling characteristic of an herbicide

a substance added to produce a high antibody response using the

a substance incorporated in a vaccine to accelerate, enhance, or prolong a specific immune response

a substance that can enhance the immune response when given at the same time as a vaccine

a substance that enhances the immune response to an antigen

a substance that enhances the immunogenicity, and thus the efficacy of a vaccine

a substance that is added to increase the efficacy of the vaccine

a substance that, when added to a vaccine, enhances the vaccine's effect by stimulating an immune system response

a type of pesticide product that is used to aid or enhance the activity or performance of another pesticide product such as an herbicide, insecticide, desiccant, pool product, etc

a substance that enhances the immune response to the antigen with which is it mixed.

A material which is added to a pesticide to improve contact, allow dilution when dilutent is immiscible with toxicant, inhibit settling out of solids or liquid droplets, or otherwise improved physical features of pesticidal formulations.

Any substance or drug used in combination with another to increase its activity.

Insoluble material that increases the formation and persistence of antibodies when injected with an antigen.

a substance that aids another substance.

A substance which, when given at the same time as an antigen, increases the immune response to the antigen. Adjuvants are most commonly derived from minerals, oily materials or derivatives of certain micro-organisms.

a substance that increases the antigenic response and is used to increase production of antibody.

A substance added to killed vaccines to stimulate a better immune response by the body. Common adjuvants contain aluminum compounds.

a substance which, when given with a drug or antigen, enhances its antigenicity (capacity to elicit an immune response) but does not evoke an immune response itself.

Substance added to a formulated pesticide product to act as a wetting or spreading agent, sticker, penetrant, or emulsifier in order to enhance the physical characteristics of the product.

A substance added to a vaccine to improve the immune response so that less vaccine is needed to provide protection.

Additive to vaccine to enhance its effectiveness.

a substance that may be included in a vaccine to improve the body's ability to fight disease or infection.

A substance added to a vaccine preparation to increase the body’s immune response to the vaccine.

a remedy that enhances the effect of another

a substance which is mixed with an antigen to enhance the resulting immune response. An adjuvant is not antigenic by itself.

A substance added to a drug to increase or help its effect

A substance (e.g. aluminum salt) that is added during production to increase the body's immune response to a vaccine.

A preparation which may be added to a vaccine to improve the immune response to the vaccine.

A substance added to a medical drug that enhances the effect of the active ingredient. In immunology, a substance added to a vaccine that non-specifically enhances its antigenicity. In cancer treatment, "adjuvant chemotherapy" refers to drug therapy used to complement surgical removal of the tumor.

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a substance that improves the immune response to an antigen (see below).

A substance which, administered with a drug or antigen, is designed to enhance the degree to which a substance elicits an immune response (antigenicity).

Any substance that non-specifically stimulates the immune response to an antigen.

Material added to improve some chemical or physical property (e.g., of a plant protectant) or a biological property (e.g., to improve antibody response to an antigen). ()

a substance (other than water) without significant pesticidal properties, which, when added to a pesticide before application, improves or is intended to improve the effectiveness of the pesticide.

a substance that, in the presence of a drug, speeds up or improves the effectiveness of the medicine. The term is also used to identify a substance that is added to a vaccine so that a smaller dose of the vaccine is needed to induce an antibody response (i.e. an immune system response). The adjuvant accomplishes this by (1) preventing antigens from leaving the area where the immune response is occurring, and (2) by increasing the rate of multiplication of the lymphocytes. [Source: Biotechnology Industry Organization, www.bio.org.

A substance sometimes included in a vaccine formulation to enhance or modify its immune-stimulating properties.

A substance other than water, when mixed in the spray mixture is intended to enhance the effectiveness of a pesticide.

A substance that is used in a vaccine to improve the immune response so that less vaccine is needed to produce a non-specific stimulator of the immune response.

Any substance added to pesticide which improves the activity of the active ingredient. Examples: Penetrants, spreader-stickers and wetting agents.

A substance used in a vaccine to increase the body's immune response.

A substance which non-specifically enhances the immune response to an antigen.

a pharmacological agent added to a drug to enhance its effect.

Any substance in a herbicide formulation that enhances the effectiveness of the herbicide.

Strong stimulants of the immune system, e.g. bacterial lipopolysaccharide

A vaccine component that improves the immune response to the antigen

Substance that enhances the activity of another substance.

A substance that aids another; for example, a medication given together with another therapy to make that therapy more effective.

A material added to a pesticide mixture to modify and improve performance. Characteristics modified may be viscosity, evaporation rate, droplet size, spreadability, etc. An adjuvant may come as part of the pesticide formulation or separately as a spray tank additive.

additional; for example, adjuvant radiation is radiation added to standard therapeutic options.

therapy Treatment for breast cancer after initial surgery, but before there is any evidence of recurrence. This type of therapy is designed to kill any remaining tumour cells in the body that are undetectable at the time.

A treatment that is added to increase the response to treatment or the cure rate. An example is the addition of chemotherapy after surgery to improve the chance of controlling the cancer.

therapy Additional treatment given to increase the effectiveness of the primary treatment. For breast caner, radiation, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy are used as adjuvant therapy.

Initial treatment for breast cancer to avoid recurrence.

Treatment given in addition to surgery to increase the chances of a cure. Adjuvant therapy may include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, or biological therapy.

Adjuvant is a term for describing a form of treatment in which the idea is to prevent the recurrence of cancer. For example, breast cancer patients who had surgery for the tumour may be offered adjuvant chemotherapy and adjuvant radiation therapy. Adjuvant therapy is aimed at decreasing the risk of cancer recurrence.

Using therapies such as surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy in combination to achieve more effective results than using a treatment alone.

Assisting or aiding. Used to describe a secondary treatment that is applied following definitive local therapy.

Anything that aids in removing or preventing a disease. For example, a person with mesothelioma may be treated primarily with chemotherapy, supplemented by adjuvant radiation.

An additional treatment used to increase the effectiveness of the primary therapy. Radiation therapy and hormonal therapy are often used as adjuvant treatments following a radical prostatectomy.

An ingredient -- as in a prescription or solution -- that facilitates or modifies the action of the principal ingredient. May be used in HIV therapies or for HIV vaccines.

therapy: A treatment method used in addition to the primary therapy. Radiation therapy often is used as an adjuvant to surgery.

Treatment secondary to the primary treatment. Eg: Chemotherapy after surgery is adjuvant treatment. A. treatment is usually prescribed in hope of preventing recurrence or further spread of disease. Cf: Neo-Adjuvant.

An adjuvant treatment is given after the primary treatment to increase the chances of a cure. Adjuvant therapy may include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or biological therapy.

Treatment given after primary breast surgery to prevent or delay recurrence. Treatment given as “preventive”, when there is no obvious evidence of cancer. Usually refers to addition of hormonal therapy or chemotherapy.

added on; e.g., adjuvant hormonal therapy is hormonal therapy added on to another form of therapy.

aiding the action of a medicinal agent

In medicine, adjuvants are agents which modify the effect of other agents while having few if any direct effects when given by themselves. In this sense, they are very roughly analogous with chemical catalysts.