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Adjuvant

adjective

Furnishing added support. Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary. "An adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism" , "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"

Enhancing the action of a medical treatment.

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"Adjuvant" Quotes from Famous Books

... none took part in my life who did not contribute something towards my well-being. It must, of course, be understood that I make no distinction between mental and material help; and in my case the one has ever been adjuvant to the other. "Pooh, pooh!" again exclaims the reader; "I for one will not believe that chance has only sent across your way the people who were required to assist you." Chance! dear reader, is there such a thing as chance? Do you ...

— Confessions of a Young Man • George Moore

... extravagant claims made for other Springs,) that its properties are characteristic, and as clinically trustworthy as are those of terebinthina, lithia, or many other of the partially proven drugs. I have found it surprisingly gratifying as an adjuvant in the cure of albuminuria, and in lowering the specific gravity of the urine in Saccharine Diabetes its action is promptly and lastingly helpful. It is mildly cathartic ...

— The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 • Various

Words linked to "Adjuvant" : materia medica, helpful, pharmacological medicine, pharmacology, supportive, additive